Ok, here I go, helicopter flight!
First, a short run, Catbai to Noibai. Hope it goes well!
Pat☺
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Ok, here I go, helicopter flight!
First, a short run, Catbai to Noibai. Hope it goes well!
Pat☺
Well, I'll be dogged! I made it. SAFELY, no less. And they said it couldn't be done.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=40102&stc=1
No autopilot, yet. Maintenance told me they'd have it up by morning (US Time)
I hope so, these birds are twitchy. SOMEthing to get the AFCS going needs to be done. The GySgt in Maintenance promised. Hope he weren't telling me a tale. I'm off for a beer, then to bed.
A long flight would be exhausting. I haven't looked, but I hope none are longer than about 300 nmi!
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=40104&stc=1
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Real World permitting, I'll get another flight ASAP! See y'all soon
Pat☺
Ok, here we go for today's flight: Noibai Intl (VVNB) to Dienbien Phu (VVDB). Little longer than the last, but not excessive...
Pat☺
Woofta! Helo's don't fly very high anyway, but throw in very hilly terrain, and very low (ground level is LOW) clouds, and even going a pokey 145 kts it can get a little exciting.
Made it safe, even with another 70kt wind at the airport when I was trying to land! I kept getting pushed all over. I'm sure glad helicopters are VTOL. I just hovered down slaunch-wise across the runway.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=40126&stc=1
I'll let the ground crew come drag me to parking. An air-taxi under these conditions? NO WAY!
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=40125&stc=1
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=40124&stc=1
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See y'all after I get a few beers, and a lot of rest. That landing was tense!
Pat☺
Long leg! DienBien (VVDB) to Udon (VTUD)
Pat☺
Well shoot, heck, fudge, and DARN.
Pardon my French.
Computer crashed 30 min into the flight. I don't have time right now to try again, I'm afraid. DARN I say again! :banghead:
I'll try again tomorrow evening. I have a Dr. appointment in the AM, so my day is shot. 45 min drive to town, and limited flight time makes it rough to try and do both. RL interferes again.:running:
See y'all asap!
Pat☺
I'll be off for a few days. My little truck blew it's radiator top tank off, and I'll be fixing that, making parts runs (in my OTHER little truck!) and so on. Then I have to take it in to a mech to do some work I just can't in the shade of the tree.
Be back on ASAP!
Pat☺
I TOOK a day off today, so I'm trying to get the DienBien (VVDB) to Udon (VTUD)leg done.
HERE we go!
Pat☺
OK, well, I tried twice today. The PC crashed both times, at the same place. I'll try removing the Project Vietnam scenery and try it again, but for now, it's a no-go...:mixed-smiley-027: :banghead:
Pat☺
I've been having similar issues in the Saigon area. With and without the scenery and using different aircraft.
Well, sir, if you find a fix, please feel free to let me know. Naturally, I will gladly return the favor, or whatever you call it :)
I didn't have any trouble, other than a weather glitch, with the F-111, so we will see what happens. I don't see it being a problem with the aircraft, but the scenery didn't give me any trouble with the F-111 either. By the same token, I am flying the route in reverse than I did before. I wonder if that has any bearing on it. I will try next going to a different destination airport, and seeing if I can make that. If I do make it, I will see about approaching the target from a different direction to see what happens. Those are my plans, anyway. It will add distance and thus time, but if I gotta, I gotta...
Good fortune!
Pat☺
OK, I'm disabling the Project Vietnam scenery, and trying the flight ONE more time. If it fails again, I will try a different route. Not gonna make an "official" flight till I'm sure about this. Testing away!
Pat☺
OK, well, this is beyond my meager capabilities to solve. I have tried everything *I* can think of to get past this, different route, different target, different wx program, scenery disabling, you name it. I gibve, the sim wins.
I am officially withdrawing from this entry. I'll just rest on my F-111 laurels.
:pop4:
Pat☺