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Ive tried to look into it, does it only have 2D cockpit just like the original PrecSim?
Daryl
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All right,
If everyone chips in $500 I'll get one of Virgin's ATR's and we can do one circuit of Moorabin! :eek:
Who's in???
Regards
Daryl
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Thanks Greg, very interesting. I laways love to see when you guys put up the reference so I can read the RL result!:clap:
Don't know if they are still doing it but, whenever I would request ATC for an "Intersection Departure" (which wasn't very often due to safety), they would ALWAYS reply with the metres of runway remaining from that intersection. That was so I could confirm I hadn't chosen the wrong intersection and my take-off charts said I could still get airborne with the minimum clearances.
Maybe our ATC guys could start adding this feature into their phraseology? Just a bit more fun and realism to the game?
Also, the reason I preffered NOT to do intersection departures was because of an old safety saying that went like this....
"There are 2 things no good to a pilot, the fuel in the drums on the ground and the runway behind him"!
Cheers,
Daryl
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Gotta, thanks Tuppy.
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Keechy,
It definately has a look and similarities to Seghe. Seghe has an volcano nearby, (but then again so does every other strip in the Solomons) and so Seghe is going to have to be my educated guess.
If it's in Vanuatu then count me out 'cause I've never been there!
BTW, if we are going to pull photos of grass or dirt strips out of our cupboards then I will have you guys guessing till you go mad!!!
Cheers,
Daryl
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No Greg,
It Aint Gizo (I have landed there many, many times). Gizo is a coral atoll shaped like an aircraft carrier and surrounded by water.
The strip above has lots of hills around it and I'm thinking PNG, but where I wouldnt have a clue???
BTW, thats not a Twin Otter (If thats what was implied) in the Lukla photo, its a Dornier 228.
Cheers,
Daryl
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Oh, be still my beating heart:eek:
What a beautiful baby :thumbs: One of the worlds best aircraft, without a doubt.
Thanks Tracey
Daryl
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For those that you are interested in a RL chief pilots informative speech, I thought this was VERY educational.... Enjoy!
If you have 30 minutes to kill, its worth the education.
Regards
Daryl
ATPL
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Tracy,
Loved it. Your organisation during the night was brilliant. You were jumping frequencies faster than a plane spotter at a qantas fly-in!
I am actually with Robert on this one. I dont think it should be a "lemon night". Its all about as real as it gets. I am sure the ATC and
pilots were given no heads up of that BAe146 engine fire yesterday! So why should we? Surprise is crucial as it is realism, and isn't that
what we strive for? Good thinking Robert.
Once again, thanks to all those who participated for your time and devotion to our hobby. I would personally like to thank ML Terminal Services,
as all my failures occured very early on. I think I might have made it to Eildon Weir, before a flight terminating fire broke out! Good job ATC!!!
Ok, lets keep'em coming and roatate through those guys willing to participate. My 2c's.
Thanks again Tracey, et al.
Regards
Daryl
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Hi Guys,
Just a BIG thank you to all those that made the Sunday night VFR flight so enjoyable.
The effort you guys put in to create such a realistic VFR flight route simply made my night! (You know who you are).
I don't get to do it as often as I'd like lately, so thanks for making my night (and week) something to remember.
Thanks also to Peter Story for his brilliant GAAP procedures (do they still call it that) and air traffic controlling skills, it was the perfect end to a great flight.
Cheers to all.
Daryl (very happy aviator)
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Ok, Day 1 used J41, No Joy.
Day 2 used Dash 8, No Joy,
Tonight the Helo comes out! Will report.
Daryl
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Sean,
I have done one mission so far, last week during the cyclone, and with the reduced Vis (and increasing beers) I found it bloody hard work and never did find them. I intend to launch a recovery mission this week for the floaties. But, if I didn't install the package correctly you may see me wofting around 30DME Cairns for years to come!
I love this BTW, bring on more!!!
Regards
Daryl
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Michael,
Firstly, lighten up. This is a fun forum, based on a fun game. If you want professional answers I suggest you write to your local airline.
Secondly, how come if someone plays a nuclear sub game on-line, they don't say "Now I could command a nuclear sub and attack Russia by myself, if I had to"! Becuase we would call them a fool if they did, so why do people keep thinking they can do it with 400 tons of metal doing 800 kph???
Michael, my answer is NO, you would not be able to land a large airliner safely. Even if, by some miracle, you got it to the runway, you would drill it into the tarmac so hard and fast it would take a mining team weeks to find the cockpit! It took me years and years and years of study, training, more training and daily practice to be able to do it safely and correctly, and I STILL found it hard bloody work. If you want to look at flight sim as a training tool, it is good for systems training only. And most flight sim aircraft dont even replicate that very well.
As for hand flying the aircraft, a university study was done years ago to see how well VFR pilots "hand flew, (autopilot off) into Cloud. The average VFR pilot took 160 seconds to lose control of the aircraft and exit the base of the cloud in a spiral dive. So, if you had the controls and went into cloud you would kill everone in about 3 minutes anyway, forget about even trying to land at an airport, your already a burning hole in the ground at the first cloud!
In my day, a second officer with QANTAS on the 747 was not allowed to touch the control column below 10,000 feet for his/her first 5 years. It usually took 6-7 years before they got their first real life (not simulator) landing, and they were commercial pilots! So what do you think a non-pilot's chances are, after no training, no experience, no practise and no assistance or guidance = no friggin'chance! LOL
Touching down at the right speed, with the aircraft correctly configured, not allowing for wind/cloud/rain/turbulance/gusts/density altitude/wet/sloping runways, and putting it right at the touchdown marker, takes skills far, far beyond anything flight sim X will ever teach you. In this fact, it just doesnt compare. Sorry.
But, after saying all that, since retiring I have found a wonderful and excited group of individuals, who are as passionate about flying as I am. And the tool we use (FSX) is the closest I can get to emulating what I used to get paid to do. It's a fun game, and thats it. Don't ever be delusional that you have anywhere near the same skills as a RL commercial pilot, you just dont. Just enjoy the game for what it is, fun.
Hope this helps,
Daryl (ATPL Ret.)
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Anything is possible...
I flew an entire instrument rating renewal after the fuel cap in our twin engine aircraft came off on take-off. The instructor said, "Stuff it, were not going back now so lets just trim the fuel and keep going". We did the 1 hour renewal with fuel visibly escaping the top of the wing. We never told ATC or anybody. The renewal was completed and nobody ever knew what we did (till now).
The instructor was kinda known for this stuff (RIP Barry Hempel). But I learnt from it and was a better pilot for the things I learned I could do with fuel streaming from my plane (BTW I don't condone it, it just happened and I went along for the ride).
Guess what I'm saying is, the sky is the limit when it comes to stuff that can go wrong. Look forward to seeing some creative ideas!!!
Regards
Daryl
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Brilliant, simply brilliant. In RL everything doesn't work and the flight often has anomalies that cause both the pilot, and ATC to be flexible, creative and keep their cool. I think this addition to a fly-in is a wonderful RL situation.
I also do not recommend using a call sign that specifies a failure. This is very unrealistic and defeats the purpose of the failure. If this were true, then in RL I would have always flown aircraft that had Non-Emergency call signs! I would have steered clear of Lemon Air, that's for sure! My entire career I limited myself to "B" model aircraft as the old saying was..."Never fly the A Model of ANYTHING"!! LOL
May I suggest the pilot requests to participate. They are then given either a "concern" (pregnant woman in labour/Chest pain/unconscious), or a Master Caution (One hydraulic failure/Slow decompression/spluttering engine) and they can decide wether to tell ATC or not, OR an Emergency (Engine Fire/Failure/Decompression/Gear problem/Loss of significant system/Loss of radios,Etc).
Once the pilot is notified of the issue, it would be up to him the degree which he tells ATC, the information he passes, and if it was just a discussion or PAN or MAYDAY? (An emergency that requires a MAYDAY would be a bit useless as MAYDAY means imminent death to a person on board, and that would negate ATC from the picture). (A PAN means the possibility of injury or death to a person on board).
Ok, look forward to hearing something different on the radio. Great work guys!
Regards
Daryl
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Count me in!
Daryl
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I think this is a first! Today I came across these aircraft flying in a group in the United States, seems pretty normal?
But on further investigation I learned they were all the same family! That's nine virtual pilots, ALL from the same town
and ALL family members of the same family!
So if anyone has a big family, encourage them to all buy computers, CH Products Control columns and Pedals, and all get their
butts on-line and lets beat those yanks!!!
Regards
Daryl
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Hi Scotty,
Could you Private Message me the costs, I'm keen,
Thanks
Daryl
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Ok, my turn....
Russell is, for the most part, correct (as usual). I want to firstly add that it is not called a HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator). I will try to attach a Pic of a HSI. What you are using in your C172 (pictured) is a DG (Directional Gyro, or Directional Gyroscope to give it its full name). As Russell noted, this instrument is run by a gyro behind it, which is "spun up" to operate by means of a Vacuum Pump, or as is commonplace these days, electrically.
Any instrument which has a Gyro to stabilise it requires initially being set, and then recalibrated at specific intervals. In your 172 you initially set the compass rose to a heading which matches the Wet Bulb Compass, and regularly recalibrate it by comparing it to the direction of the (Wet Bulb) Compass (which doesn't suffer drift - but does suffer lead and lag, but that's another story). So you have 2 compasses in your 172. The wet bulb compass above your head, and the gyroscopic compass on the panel below the Artificial Horizon. The wet bulb is not good in flight because it bounces around in the fluid during turbulence, so they invented the gyroscopic compass that doesn't jump around in turbulence but, does suffer a slow drift as time goes by. Hence the need to realign it with the wet bulb compass in flight.
To take it to the extreme, even INS (inertial navigation systems) and IRS (INS using laser gyros) need to be continuously calibrated. Next time you fly a 737 set the ND to show the IRS NAV information and you will see the three systems dancing around together (drifting), then the computer takes the mean average of the three and plots you a IRS position. :eek: Cool Stuff. (You will see 3 X's dancing around together).
Ok, out of time, hope this helps.
Regards
Daryl
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Ready for the big one...
Type: (Level D) B763
Callsign: QF212
SELCAL: DE-JK
From/To: EGCC/KMEM at FL330 (+/- 1000ft)
TOT: 11:15:00z (+/- 15 minutes)
C U There!
Daryl
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You guys should prepare a QNH to Inches (1013.2 = 29.98) just incase a few of these American fellows don't understand QNH or have the capability in their aircraft to set QNH?
Just a thought.
Regards
Daryl
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Yeah, I just don't know. $500 for a perfectly modelled aircraft with absolutely ZERO eye candy, it's a bloody hard sell.
I see it as a perfect platform for something like Matts Sim, or any other Sim, but for desktop flying you would have to be totally
dedicated to the FCOM, Flight manual and the realism of a "systems replicated" aircraft. I am right on the fence with this one.
It's a tough call Matt. BTW, hope you and yours are well.
Regards
Daryl