Around the World in a tbd # of days

vote your conscience. I’ll be happy with whichever

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Ok actually yeah, besides the cargo hustle the Porter seems the most capable. Please be careful landing it tho.

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Every time I scrolled down I thought, “No, this is the one!” but settled on the Porter in the end because I’d like to see yeso grow into the best pilot he can be.

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watching tailwheel training on youtube

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how did the twin otter lead dissipate so much since i last checked the poll? stop the steal!

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minor update: Micro$shaft still can’t get the Twin Otter together (weird texture problems, random engine failures) and the Porter and Islander developers haven’t updated their products yet either. However, the good old Kodiak should be back in action on Thursday, so in the days after will get back and moving again. Probably the best solution in the end

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ok back in action

Bélabo, Cameroon → Bayanga, Central African Republic

Boarding Tuesday 2/4 @ 2030 CST

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heading out in a few

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Bélabo, Cameroon → Bayanga, Central African Republic

Flight Time - 1:24
Distance - 238 NM
Fuel Burn - 204 KG
Landing Force - 0.94 G

Conditions at takeoff
Partly Cloudy
84 degrees
Humidity 71%
Winds <2 kts

ok after a lengthy delay thanks to Mi¢ro$haft releasing Flight Simulator 2024 in a sorry state we’re back in action. Here’s our good old heretofore reliable Daher Kodiak 100 II where we last left it, idyllic Bélabo in eastern Cameroon.

We got the big “tundra tires” on there, which are basically low-pressure and spongy to help with traction on the unpaved and uneven airstrips. As we make our way across the width of central Africa, these will come in handy. They do make for slightly more challenging takeoffs since the plane can sway a bit behind that high-torque turboprop. Found myself using the rudder more than usual to keep us centered

our slow turn clockwise north west to a southeast course

which takes us back over Bélabo and then on our way to Bayanga

Our view was more or less uninterrupted rainforest canopy.

I programmed a flight plan into the AP, but for whatever reason (definitely not human error though), it never captured the course. So we navigated by heading, keeping an eye out for the Kadei River, following which would guide us onto approach into runway 2 at Bayanga.

A quick note about runway designations: the #s refer to the heading direction of the runway. Bayanga has the one strip so it makes for a simple example

there’s our landmark

one of the hazards of flying into remote airstrips is that we’re at the mercy of Procedural Generation. There’s no developer hand making sure all the buildings and trees etc are where they should be irl. Witness the big ass tree right on the edge of the runway, which would definitely not be there in reality lol

But thanks to some meticulous handling we’re able to glide over it and down onto the strip with runway to spare

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So good to see you back up in the air!

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