flying around the world

[lib319]

Hey Jim, is the Dash 8 you have the Fanda one?  If not I can't recommend the Fanda Dash 8-300 enough

http://forum.fscentre.com/http://forums ... um.php?f=6

You can get it from the fscentre library with a search for Dash 8.
Dash 8Q-300 Aircraft Package v1.004
I think its 18mb though, so a quick RTW in the X15 while your waiting if your on dial up!

The most involving freeware addon I've ever seen.  Tons of manuals, huge preflight and great fligth dynamics.  If I were doing a RTW in a prop it would be this.

Although this is getting out of hand
http://forum.fscentre.com/http://forums ... readid=423

Yep, I noticed the airspeed indicator problem with the RTW panel on the 350...any fixes anyone?

[n_richardson05]

i used most that i could i started in fs2002 but i bought 2004 soon after starting my trip and still am flying arond the world in fs2004 most of the airplanes i use hav two crutial fetures first the ability to taxi and a decent speed i usualy switch between aircraft depending on the flight bigger aircraft for longer flights and smaller aircraft for shorter flights

...idont see how i wold last using the same aircraft it would get boring after a while

[WebbPA]

Thanks.  I'm downloading the Fanda now (DSL, thankfully).

The only problem with using the Baron's airspeed indicator with the 350 is that is isn't designed for that speed.  I'll let you know if I find a good gauge to swap.

[RollerBall]

[quote]Hey Jim, is the Dash 8 you have the Fanda one?

[lib319]

Hey Rollerball

There are so many 'point and go' aircraft in FS, I don't regard flying as getting into an F16, lighting the afterburner and pushing 9g turns, I've got a Playstation for that, flying like anything worth pursuing is rigmarole and the rigmarole is what makes the Fanda Dash so good, so real and so unique as far as freeware addons go.  

When I first got fs95 I was hoping for rigmarole, after all that is what should be 'as real as it gets', not jet fighter aerobatics.

IMHO of course

Be good to hear your opinion Jim once you've installed it and got through the rigmarole......c'mon what's holding you up?!  

[lib319]

Any road up, as part of my RTW I can confirm that as well as being politically sensitive a landing on Ayers Rock is very difficult if not impossible.  The cost of this surprising information? 1 jetranger and 3 Valmet Vinkas.

OK onto Sydney I think

[WebbPA]

I've installed it but the rigmarole may take a while.  All I could see when I loaded it up was a screen full of radios and gauges.  Now I have to RTFM.

[lib319]

Theres no getting away from the fact that you often have to RTFM IRL!

Its worth it in this case though.

Where are you flying from/to at the moment?  There are some great Norwegian airports that require the Dash's STOL.

http://www.dangerous-airports.com/airports/e/enhv.htm

[WebbPA]

I started a RTW flight once.  I got a map from a race site, did a few legs, then got bored with it.

The biggest problem seemed to be the next landing site - deciding where to go and getting all the airport information.

I've tried a lot of the fun sites - Nepal, the crater in Peru - bou mostly I fly the same old routes near home (Florida) with different aircraft.  Key West, Miami, Ft. Liquordale, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Atlanta, and a few in California (KLAX, KSFO).  Some of the European routes are nice but I don't know how far anything is from anything else so I don't know whether I'm setting up a half hour flight or a 2 hour flight.

[lib319]

Yep, I had fun on the Nepal leg, landed on a very high steep plateau grass strip.  Enough length to land on empty tanks not long enough to take of on full!  One plummet later and a severe pull up and onto Everest.

I know what you mean about deciding on the next stop, a scenery and sights guide for pilots would be invaluable.

[lib319]

I suppose a RTW could include a stop off in Antartica to complete the continents.  Could be a rough landing though without any airstrips.

[KnightStryker]

My last RTW (RTW #8 ) included a stop in antartica. Landing was pretty smooth with the ski's. Only problem with going to antartica is getting fuel, lol (This is the only point of the trip that i cheated by just adding fuel without actually being at an airport). I tried the Rutan Voyager and man you got to be right on with your calculations or you will run out of fuel. It is quite a challenge though.

[Sock]

Don't think I'd try a RTW flight just yet.  As some of you may know, I'm flying around the coast of the US in FS2k2.  Before that the longest flight I had ever flown was a 3 hour one in a 747.  

I couldn't stand the thought of flying long hours in a ugly, slow, civilian plane!  So, I chose a P-47N, for range, speed, and pretty looks.  So far I have made it to Anchorange Alaska in 15 legs, and nearly 20 hours, and all on the deck!  I fly in real time, but not real weather, :-/ and I only use autopilot when I have to use the bathroom.  

I'm going to try a RTW flight after I get back to Columbia Co. Airport, in good ol' New York, home sweet home.

Sock

[BFMF]

You're supposed to land if you have to use the restroom, unless you're flying a large commercial jet

[Sock]

And what if I'm in the middle of Death Valley, or the Alaskan wilderness with no where to land and no airports for miles?