hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hi all! To conform with GAAR rules, we must all do a test flight from YPKU to YARG. So heres mine in the default FS2004 DC-3. Of course, none of the default liveries were 'Australian-y' so a quick search came up with this : We boarded, safely in the knowledge that the clueless Chuck was too busy gazing at the engines to be any nusiance Engines started! Pull-out - unless the groundcrew want to be crushed by the tail! Taxi-out Take-off - it takes ages to get off the ground! Tail off the deck Lift-off! Brakes on as the gear is pulled up Turning and climbing to make the run over the airfield at 140kts and at 4500ft Airfield Ahead Over we go, 9.21 on the clock Just some cruise shots Overhead - Chuck! Stop the clock! 31.26! A classic bomb aimers view Downwind Gear and flaps down Finals Touchdown - 36.46 Just managed to stop! The clock has stopped at 37.23 Taxi back Stopped Door open and the engines off - Chuck has just realised that the plane is elsewhere and he couldn't fly it here!!!! Tried to get a closer look at the cabin Total flight time was 22.05mins for the overhead-to-overhead, so that's about 22mins 3secs Thanks for viewing! Kieran aka Chuck according to Dai! Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Perfick! Well done, Chuck - but just how did you get on the KU 192 VOR radial? That's what E.J. would've liked to know - especially in the default DC-3!?! I only managed in the JF DC-3 by 'borrowing' a 2-D Panel from another model, which had an ILS big enough to use. I guess you could use Tom's Plan-G to set up a flight plan with a couple of extra user waypoints to 'line-up' on the 192 radial. Otherwise, it's just a question of watching the big compass as you over-fly YPKU - oh yes, AND start the timer... Nice flight - thanks for showing us how to do it, Chuck - and for posting your Test Flight Time! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I did a left hand circuit to climb to 4500ft, then flew near the airfield (to the right) then turned over at 192 degrees. I noted the time after pausing! Link to post Share on other sites
RB16015 0 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 SuperB!!! Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nice one Kieran. My time when overhead the start point was also 9.21 Link to post Share on other sites
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