What happens if I forget to set a destination?

[jscharpf]

I just took off on a sight seeing flight from LTAR to URMM. I loaded up the plane and took off but forgot to enter a destination airport and
estimated time.

I'm flying the fight right now, passengers seem happy, but what happens in this situation? There's no estimated time of arrival and
no "TO" airport.
Will I be penalized for this?

Jeff

[jboweruk]

only by virtue of the fact you can't get any points for landing at the correct airport, because FSP doesn't know what the correct airport is.
You won't get any penalties for it though. But you are missing out a lot of bonus points.

[SWAFO]

You can still get points for a good landing

[jscharpf]

ok thanks for the replies.
Unfortunately I think this will be a bad flight.

I left my computer for a short time (blame my wife lol) and my cessna had drifted up to around 13000 feet.
They were complaining about lack of oxygen..
So I just got them drunk lol..

We'll see how they feel about it when I land

Jeff

[Drew]

jscharpf wrote:

So I just got them drunk lol..


Jeff

sorry you cant breath, here is some alcohol

[SWAFO]

"The solution to everything!"

[Airliner]

LOL! That's great!

When I had just the demo, I flew a sight-seeing tour out of KSFO, north past the Golden Gate Bridge, then south back to KSFO. I never
set a destination, so I lost out on bonuses - BUT! This is weird: my EOF report had twice as much data as a similar flight along the same
route but terminating at KOAK! Included on the KSFO-KSFO report were:

Climb Time
Cruise Time
Average Cruise Speed
Descent Time
Climb Fuel Used
Cruise Fuel Used
Cruise Fuel/hour
Descent Fuel Used

Why weren't these on both reports? I'd like to know as it would help compare with my flight planner how much fuel I need to have as the
default planner doesn't take into account climb/descent as well as patterns.

[Drew]

was the one terminating at KOAK just a short flight?

i think you only get thouse things on longer flights when you actually get up to a certain cruise altitude (maybe wrong but i think thats
right )

[Airliner]

"Sight-seeing" flight:

Flight Distance: 0nm
Time Airborne: 00h23:28
Average Speed 0.01kt (I don't understand this either!)

KSFO-KOAK (via Golden Gate Bridge and coastal run)
Flight Distance: 9nm
Time Airborne: 00h17:33
Average Speed: 33.60kt (must be averaging with taxi speed and time, right? I had to wait for several UA flights to leave before I could
hop onto 19R.

I love the SFO-OAK flight!

Were pleased by the music on the ground.
Were terrified by the excess G-forces (+3.53)

Ha! I waggled a bit, just to keep them awake! Next time, I think I'll open the door at FL370, just to see what happens! DOH!
Or maybe slew a C182 up to FL400, just for fun! Let's see, I will deprive pax of O2, put the beast into a nose dive and tear off the gear,
lower the flaps and bend them out of whack, try to pull 5 G's after the power dive to make everyone feel like they're on Jupitor....

Sometimes, I'm just sick! Gotta test all these disasters though!

Hey, I wonder if the flight crew gets ripped at you if you start doing aileron rolls right after serving lunch?



Post Edited ( 11-26-05 12:02 )