03-09-2005, 09:39 PM
Clements 312
Check your other post i have answered it there.
Check your other post i have answered it there.
Founder and Chairman of RIBair
14 hour flight
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03-09-2005, 09:39 PM
Clements 312
Check your other post i have answered it there. Founder and Chairman of RIBair
03-09-2005, 10:32 PM
I'd calculate your fuel requirements rather than guess (at least I hope pilots don't guess)
Approach button controls heading and altitude once it has intercepted the glideslope. To use: 1. follow ATC approach vectors - make sure autopilot is on and your have an altitude set and a heading set 2. enter the ILS frequency into your nav radio (you can get the ILS for the runway from the map or from the GPS) 3. double-check you entered the right ILS - I usually enter the ILS into both nav radios 4. Press APR button - the computer will first shut off heading when it has intercepted the glideslope horizontal bean and then switch of ALT when it has the vertical bean - it will then guide you donw the glideslope to the runway threshold.
04-09-2005, 03:50 AM
if you just press the approach button it follows the course that u made in the Flight Plan
04-09-2005, 12:23 PM
Hi Delta,
before i purchased this FSP i did some flights from KSFO to EHAM. In PMDG's 747 and with correct settings in FSUIPC for winds and turbulance it can be very well done to leave it. Serve hot food to the passengers and play a movie and you can go asleep for at least 4 hours. If longer passengers will get very unsatisfied because of starvation, but as soon you serve food again and drinks satisfaction rises quickly. gerrit
05-09-2005, 08:57 AM
actually i just did a 13 hour flight from san francisco to london heathrow it was very rewarding (point wise) although i did accidently serve the
passengers 2 hot meals within a 2 hour period and i got my passengers drunk i still got 850 points for the flight. i did it in a 767 for a while there i thought i was going to run out of fuel but just make sure you dont waste it all trying to get up to cruising altitude
05-09-2005, 10:22 AM
The approach mode is used to line up the plane on the glideslope and to descent to the airport (only with ILS, obviously).
When you're given the vectors to the ils and you're going to intercept it you can click on the approach mode to make the plane turn automatically to intercept the glideslope and to make it descent. Don't deactivate the Alt mode, if you have it on, because the a/p will deactivate it automatically when it's time to. In that way you only have to set the throttle and flaps. When you reach decision height turn off the a/p and land manually. In order to use the approach mode you have to set the indicators to nav mode (not gps) and to set the course to the ILS one (you can see it in the map screen).
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05-09-2005, 11:17 PM
one question: Why?????
take a 14 hour flight, but not actually sit in front the controls? Are you just trying to building points or hours or money? I know everyone probably isn't as strict as I am, but when I fly I try to treat it realistically. I fly without time compression and I try to fly 90% of the time sitting in front of the computer. I may get up to grab a drink, or a sandwich, but I try to stay away only a few minutes at a time. Dean
06-09-2005, 02:17 AM
Realistically, a pilot on board a 14 hour flight would not sit at the controls the whole time. Many times, these longer flights have a relief
crew. Usually, one crew will fly the takeoff, climb, and half of the cruise; while the other crew will finish up the flight. I know that these procedures vary from airline to airline, however NO airline would ever sit a single crew at the controls for 14 hours. That would be awful for morale and fatigue! SWA has no flights near that long, however I've flown a few 5 hour flights (we always only have one crew on board), and those can get quite tiring too!
08-09-2005, 01:25 AM
Well, I'm completely on the rampage at the moment.
I did SYD-SFO without a problem. Perfect flight. SFO-SYD is a COMPLETELY different story. I'm convinced this flight is haunted or jinxed or something. Either I have a tail scrape, I stall during ascent, I run out of food, or my computer freezes. Worst of all - usually I just make it past New Caledonia or I'm about 150nm out of Sydney when FS has a brain fart and restarts my computer for me. PLEASE GOD - ADD A SAVE GAME FEATURE!!!!!! QFF |
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