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Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sat May 21, 2011 12:37 pmby snippyfsxer
If I'm flying a light plane, I will do visual circuits at 1000 feet, with a distance of about 1 mile on the downwind leg.
Re: Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sat May 21, 2011 12:44 pmby -Crossfire-
Flying the King Air in the real world, I try to keep downwind's about 3 miles from the runway, and turn base as to set me up on about a 3-4 mile final. 1000 feet AGL is what we use for the circuit, try using 1500 feet AGL at night until you're established on slope.
Flying a heavy aircraft in the sim, I would keep it a lot further out than 2 miles... that seems pretty tight.
Re: Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sat May 21, 2011 12:51 pmby snippyfsxer
[quote]Flying the King Air in the real world, I try to keep downwind's about 3 miles from the runway, and turn base as to set me up on about a 3-4 mile final.
Re: Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sat May 21, 2011 4:40 pmby Brett_Henderson
[quote](Flight Sim has a way of making me feel very stupid.
Re: Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sun May 22, 2011 12:53 amby snippyfsxer
That is well said.
Re: Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sun May 22, 2011 5:16 pmby snippyfsxer
Crossfire:
Here is what I figured out with the PMDG diagram regarding the 2 mile/ 1500 feet / 2 mile final thing...
If you configure the Queen as per the diagram, her correct manuevering speed will be about 160 knots (flaps 20) when abeam of the threshold.
Re: Visual circuits for Medium sized acft.
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Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:41 pmby C
Flying a heavy aircraft in the sim, I would keep it a lot further out than 2 miles... that seems pretty tight.
Depends what shaped circuits you are doing - ie, whether you have a continuous final(s) turn, or put in a base leg. Depending on wind, then 2-3 miles wouldn't be unreasonable in a relatively heavy aeroplane doing a continuous final turn.
