Chris Mayne
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I lost the aircraft again last night ... two out of three flights. This time I got low oil pressure warning in the right engine then temp, torque and turbine all dropped to zero although the prop was still spinning at 2200rpm.
Almost landed on one engine but crashed 500m short of runway.
No idea what I am doing wrong as far as I can tell I kept everything in the green
. Random failures are set to very low.And again. Three out of four flights. This time 4000 ft not far out from final into Changi. Aircraft over stressed, flight ends. Everything was in the green. No warning.
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I lost the aircraft again last night ... two out of three flights. This time I got low oil pressure warning in the right engine then temp, torque and turbine all dropped to zero although the prop was still spinning at 2200rpm.
Almost landed on one engine but crashed 500m short of runway.
No idea what I am doing wrong as far as I can tell I kept everything in the green
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So as I might have mentioned before I fly using FSEconomy. The only rentable turbine Duke I could find was in Vietnam, so I set about bringing it back to Australia. First leg was to Malaysia.
All was going well and I had descended to 8000 and was setting up my approach.
Then - something went wrong. I didn't crash, but I got a message something like "aircraft outside of operating limits" or similar and this was viewed as from a rear camera outside the plane. It was like a "game over" screen. There was no engine failure, no warning, and no crash. I was keeping a close eye on the instruments and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Baffled ... any speculation as to what might have happened??
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How did everyone else progress when learning ?? I certainly like the look of both but I wondered if the Duke might actually be too similar to the Cessna ?
It's got 2 engines and goes 300kts True airspeed at 20,000ft (FL200) so, not very similar to a C182
Turbine Duke might be more different. And if you have some $$, I'd also recommend adding a third party GPS system into it too. eg: http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=f1gtn (only the Realair Duke Turbine v2 is compatible with this one) or http://www.reality-xp.com/flightsim/gns530/ (only compatible with both piston and turbine versions, but only in FSX)
So I have started with the Turbine Duke and wow its so much more stable than the C182. Is this realistic or it the level of simulation just not the same as an A2A product?
Trent - took your advice and got the GTN750.
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Hi everyone
I had Plan G working nicely but not after a Win 10 update it is not showing any waypoints airports or any similar data at all.
Any ideas ? I can't even seem to register on the Plan G forum, I never get the registration emails
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How did everyone else progress when learning ?? I certainly like the look of both but I wondered if the Duke might actually be too similar to the Cessna ?
It's got 2 engines and goes 300kts True airspeed at 20,000ft (FL200) so, not very similar to a C182
Turbine Duke might be more different. And if you have some $$, I'd also recommend adding a third party GPS system into it too. eg: http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=f1gtn (only the Realair Duke Turbine v2 is compatible with this one) or http://www.reality-xp.com/flightsim/gns530/ (only compatible with both piston and turbine versions, but only in FSX)
Sorry I should have been clearer - I meant the instrument set was similar the review video I saw shared similar type avionics stack?
Plus I watched your WA B200 video last night
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I think i second Greg's suggestion with the RealAir duke piston version.
The Kingair might be a bit of a step up from a C182.
The duke adds speed and power without the engines being that much different.
How did everyone else progress when learning ?? I certainly like the look of both but I wondered if the Duke might actually be too similar to the Cessna ?
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This is actually pretty cool, I had never heard of this before today, kinda like FSEconomy for VATPAC?
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Hi guys
I'm looking to move up from the C182 but I'm not sure I want to jump straight to the 737. I was hoping to find a good twin prop as my next aircraft ... I'd really like a good B300 if there is one ... what would people recommend as a quality intermediate option? Happy to pay for a good aircraft.
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Thanks Greg. Plan G has overlays that show the airspace I think I just need to read it better.
One other quick one - where the document references reporting points I assume that is each waypoint listed in the flight plan ?
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Found it. They are under the controller training menu for some bizarre reason....
http://operations.vatpac.org/documents/archive/RAOPAM.pdf
So I've been reading through this and have a few clarifying questions:
When using VPilot, CTAF is text only. Do nearby aircraft on Unicom pickup the CTAF broadcasts as well or only specifically those on the CTAF?
Clarifying the point at the bottom of page 2, does this mean if I am flying OCTA and not identified I need to report every waypoint? Does this apply once you leave CTA and are on Unicom, in other words do you need to report back to nearest CTR even if not in their coverage? This is hinted at the top of page 5.
Finally - I feel I still don't understand what is or is not controlled airspace in relation to precise geographic locations - what's the best resource to address this?
Thanks as always everyone - having a ball learning and being the serial GA online. My wife even calls it pipsqueak time because I've told her I buzz around in my Cessna mixing it up with the commercial jets
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Thanks guys- I'll check out Vatspy. I'm using Plan G to live track my flights - perhaps I need to read the charts more effectively.
To clarify - I did have Ctr coverage from about the point Ryan indicated near MUNGA. I as handed back to Unicom roughly once I passed the line of traffic.
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Argh so I learned a few things tonight during Spilled Milk Run and also generated more questions.
So I flew YGTN to YLHR in my trusty Skylane. Had ATC for the first third of the flight which was good. Then got all the way to Lockhart River - three hours of flying - before discovering FNQ is really dark at night ... And YLHR has no runway lights. I managed to overfly the airport but I couldn't make an approach in the pitch black. Three hours wasted
Question on CTR, vattastic is obviously way off, but even the national map that is available somewhere on the site it is really hard to tell who is covering where.
So frustrated right now!
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Found it. They are under the controller training menu for some bizarre reason....
Yeah sorry guys,
We are trying to find all these and relocate them. I'll add it to my list.
That would be awesome and extremely useful
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Found it. They are under the controller training menu for some bizarre reason....
http://operations.vatpac.org/documents/archive/RAOPAM.pdf
Awesome thanks Sean I will check it out with interest!
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Greg, thank you that is excellent. I'm only on phone right now so I will save detailed questions for tonight when I am on PC and can type more effectively.
Two questions I will ask now however:
When sound is poor and/or there are issues understanding the complete direction, what is the protocol? Is it legitimate to request a text direction rather than voice? Last night I got some of it and called back what I understood and assumed ATC would repeat if I missed anything vital. I would like to do this correctly however.
Second, it would be really useful to study these procedures in more detail ... What's the best way to approach this ? I have looked in the operations pages but I don't seem to be drawing this together in a consolidated fashion. Or is it a better approach to view the ATC lessons and reverse engineer for piloting ??
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Another new question this morning
As per my post in the general forum, I found following ATC difficult last night flying C182 across country primarily because I wasn't really sure what to expect in the way of instructions. I listened in on CTR the whole time and it was far easier to pick up the flow with the jet traffic because they all got similar instructions.
Looking on the VATPAC Operations page, the detailed radio procedures Melbourne - Sydney tutorial is for jet aircraft.
Is there a resource I can access that focuses on IFR procedures more applicable for GA aircraft for radio? I find my major problem is j do t recognise a lot of the directions from ATC because I don't know what to expect next.
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Hi Peter great to see some fellow newbies in the sky! What were you flying ... I haven't graduated past the C182 yet but I am using the A2A version which is brilliant. I'm flying all over the countryside doing FSEconomy missions ... Landing on country strips at night is a real challenge !!
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Chris,
In my opinion Ryan (ML-SNO) was quite distorted last night. I had trouble understanding him.
Anyway, it was good to see you online. You sounded like an old hand in my opinion.
Thanks Sean. I saw you heading to YWLM ... Snapshot One? Is there a story there?
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Hi all
My pulse is still through the roof after flying YMER - YBTH in my C182 under the Milk Run traffic tonight
First real flight with end to end ATC even if it was CTR all the way. I have to say I found it really difficult, at times the sound quality was really poor. I actually found it easier listening to the instructions for the jets overhead because for them it was kind of repetitive. For me every time I was contacted it was a very different set of instructions and I felt like I missed a lot of it and had many problems understanding and acknowledging the full message.
Still I got there in one piece and didn't seem to cause any major traffic incidents so it was a great learning experience! Thanks to all the CTR controllers tonight
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Successfully flew YPAD-YSCB in the B60T, and completed first ever STAR as well, while online.
Thanks to Ryan for the ATC (and the encouragement for the forum post).
I *think* the issue causing the overstress was overspeed in descent. I don't think I was backing off the power enough in descent and it was getting over the limit. I really babied it down tonight and it went fine.