Well, with enough headwind...Taking a look at Hanoi, and gaaah! Those helipads are so teasing me:
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I'm sure they will. I am also getting the 3knot wind bug, unfortunately.
Are you sure you have set damage on? I landed badly once and ended up on the 'rebuy screen'.
You know it is a real aircraft I assume. For Americans that think jet-skis are for Chavs?
Next, X-Wings...
Yup. I'd totally love one too, but fat chance of that happening, so I'm counting on sims and neural implants instead to get me there at some point.
That’s a very slick advert. Which I assume is aimed at people with absolutely no need to check their bank balance every week to make sure that there will be some money left at the end of the month rather than month left at the end of the money.
I also assume that one needs some tiresome little details like a PPL and so forth
(Also, who the hell has a yacht, and an SUV, and a light aircraft? That one flies to ones “lake shore property”?)
I’m just envious, obviously
I also wondered the benefits in bringing the plane home with the SUV. Does the airplane mechanic also live in the manor?That’s a very slick advert. Which I assume is aimed at people with absolutely no need to check their bank balance every week to make sure that there will be some money left at the end of the month rather than month left at the end of the money.
I also assume that one needs some tiresome little details like a PPL and so forth
(Also, who the hell has a yacht, and an SUV, and a light aircraft? That one flies to ones “lake shore property”?)
I’m just envious, obviously
Yeah I double checked, it's on. Anyway it's not like it allows me to faceplant at 45 degrees or anything like that, but I sure done some very hard landings that would shock even a Ryanair pilot, and those fixed landing gears on those tiny planes would surely suffer. It's something I can definitively live with, but would prefer the leeway on collisions to be optionally reduced to have an incentive to do a proper smooth landing.
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That must be it. The staff have to live somewhere, of course. They are probably in with the maids, butler, and gardeners.
They must be really hard landings then! Wherever possible, I avoid Ryanscare, as I like not having to brace for impact when arriving at my destination. They always manage to hit the deck (I don’t think they know the meaning of “flare” at all) with a jolt that rattles the overhead bins, and on one occasion that they slammed into Bristol at high speed, several of them broke open. When the cabin crew announced ”Welcome to Bristol. Please take care opening the overhead lockers, as items may have shifted during the flight”, I felt compelled to shout “No S*** Sherlock!”, which gained a round of laughter from the passengers, and a frosty glare from the cabin crew member
Even though I haven't given all the planes a fair chance (some I still haven't tried) I am already starting to pick some favourites
I'm madly in love with the little ones, especially:
Cub Crafter X Cub. Love it, looks old and modern at the same time, but the lack of trimming makes it a constant struggle with the joystick. I use it for small local flights only, or short island hopping.
EXTRA 330 LT. Very slick, nimble, fast little aircraft with a great view. Feels like something to be flown inside a canyon or under bridges.
Flight Design CTSL. Tiny, fragile looking tin can, feels like it's going to disintegrate at any time at altitude, love it!
JMB Aicraft L3. Love the interior. Feels cozy and smooth.
Robin CAP10: Another fantastic bucket of bults, a relatively fast flying tin can, looks like an old racer found in the some old shed under a pile of hay, feels fantastic.
Beechcraft Baron G58. Amongst the simple props, the one who feels the most like a proper airplane. Great for roleplaying short passenger flights.
Pipistrel Virus SW121. So tiny and fragile looking that if feels like it's going to break in pieces if the winds blows a bit stronger. Love it. Great for sightseeing or island hopping.
Among the turboprops, still undecided between the TDM 930 and Beechcraft King Air 350i, like them both. The Cessna Grand Caravan looks like something used for african safaris or south america drug deliveries, will be great for roleplay.
There really isn't any prop or turboprop that I can really say "didn't like it", and I most likely will keep hopping between all of them.
Among the jets, I probably won't use them as much as the props and turbo-props, but when I do Il'll probably stick for the smaller Cessna Jets.
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What's odd with this 3kts wind on screen bug, that at times I definitely feel the plane being pushed around by gusts, occasionally even dropping several hundred feet. So it could be reading only.
Even though I haven't given all the planes a fair chance (some I still haven't tried) I am already starting to pick some favourites
I'm madly in love with the little ones, especially:
Cub Crafter X Cub. Love it, looks old and modern at the same time, but the lack of trimming makes it a constant struggle with the joystick. I use it for small local flights only, or short island hopping.
EXTRA 330 LT. Very slick, nimble, fast little aircraft with a great view. Feels like something to be flown inside a canyon or under bridges.
Flight Design CTSL. Tiny, fragile looking tin can, feels like it's going to disintegrate at any time at altitude, love it!
JMB Aicraft L3. Love the interior. Feels cozy and smooth.
Robin CAP10: Another fantastic bucket of bults, a relatively fast flying tin can, looks like an old racer found in the some old shed under a pile of hay, feels fantastic.
Beechcraft Baron G58. Amongst the simple props, the one who feels the most like a proper airplane. Great for roleplaying short passenger flights.
Pipistrel Virus SW121. So tiny and fragile looking that if feels like it's going to break in pieces if the winds blows a bit stronger. Love it. Great for sightseeing or island hopping.
Among the turboprops, still undecided between the TDM 930 and Beechcraft King Air 350i, like them both. The Cessna Grand Caravan looks like something used for african safaris or south america drug deliveries, will be great for roleplay.
There really isn't any prop or turboprop that I can really say "didn't like it", and I most likely will keep hopping between all of them.
Among the jets, I probably won't use them as much as the props and turbo-props, but when I do Il'll probably stick for the smaller Cessna Jets.
I am only flying the 172 G1000 at the moment, possibly swap to a Virus in Beijing for the SE Asian leg of the journey. As you say, I also love the ultra-lightweight looks plus the panoramic side glasses, and also that has the best ceiling among the single prop planes, I need something that can fly reasonably high when venturing into Yunnan.
For the Pacific tour I need something that can reach at the very least 1500 nm, so it will be either the Baron G58 or the TBM 930.
For the rest, I don't know yet. I might do a section in Americas with simple instruments trying to navigate my way in VFR. Also, whenever I can play it in VR, I'll definitely go for bubble cockpit planes too.
Among the jets I'm primarily interested in the Citation Longitude and the 747, once I git gud. Actually I am considering the 747 as a sort of fleet carrier - carrying my small fleet of light aircrafts to major hubs accross the world.
Oh dahling, you simply must try one. They only cost 300... surely you can afford that? Everyone can afford that. Well, not the riff raff obviously dahling, but you know...
Only flew once with Ryanair, the return flight from my first real-life "volcanic expedition" to Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegrean fields, as it was the only airline at the time that had direct flights from Naples to Lisbon.
On the way there I flew first to Rome and then took one of those awesome bullet trains that look like Ferraris down to Naples. On the eve of flying back I remember reading some Ryanair reviews on my phone and there were many horror stories about delays, dirty airplanes, people being made to wait in the sun before boarding and very rude flight crews, along with the fabled leaky bladder landings.
I got to say all proven true except for the rude staff, as the staff was actually very nice. The rest was a textbook example of "you get what you pay for".
Eh... nice, but... I gotta ask: how do you anchor that thing when you've landed at some remote destination and a big storm comes up? Talk about watching your investment blow away.
Whenever I hear a complaint about "rude staff" in a snotty review, I nearly always think "Yes, because you're an a*** hole and they were just being helpful by pointing it out."
If you are nice to them, they are nice to you back. That's how it works practically 100% of the time.
Quick tip:
I initially was hugely disappointed by the "world map" and basic flight planning. Apparently you need to switch off bunch of default filters for proper map layers to appear.
Press F and turn on all the goodies for your journey planning. Still not perfect but its at least familiar. Maybe its just me but I originally 100% missed it.
I initially was hugely disappointed by the "world map" and basic flight planning. Apparently you need to switch off bunch of default filters for proper map layers to appear.
Press F and turn on all the goodies for your journey planning. Still not perfect but its at least familiar. Maybe its just me but I originally 100% missed it.
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Good to know, will try. What I also couldn't figure out is to set a detailed flight plan, is that done in the map screen or somewhere else? (I should probably just google it!).
What I do is set the basic flight plan on the world map and then put departure/approach/ILS in the planes FMC, most of them has it.