@“yeso”#p142477 this was around Madison but Oshkosh does have that massive air show every summer and I bet that would be a heck of a thing to check out! Ive never been but have driven by many times and seen accidental air shows
yeah different places, Oshkosh is front of mind to me about Wisconsin aviation. Well worth the trip if you’re at all interested. It’s more focused on civilian aircraft rather than most airshows which are all air force death machines. Oshkosh gets all the cool porco rosso stuff. I remember getting to see a Starliner in the air. Much better than yet another F16
@“yeso”#p142497 I’ve never been to EAA even though I’m a little over an hour away but my uncle used to go yearly. He had an EAA hat with a little spinning propeller sticking out the front.
heading out in a few
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island -> St. John’s, Newfoundland
Conditions at takeoff
Partly Cloudy
Outside temp - 40 F
Dewpoint - 39 F
Pressure/Altimeter - 30.00 in
Wind Direction - 210 at 5 kts
Notice anything different about the plane? This is our last Canadian, (and for that matter, North American) stop for who knows how long, so we got a cool sticker to commemorate our time in the great white north.
The Confederation Bridge
Found the gables
AP was acting weird, setting the trim to pitch us into stall and alternately diving into overspeed, so rather than try to manage that in-flight, we decided on a touch-and-go landing back in Charlottestown to reset and simplify the flight plan. I think the custom waypoint I entered at Anne of Green Gables house messed it up idk
back in the air after reprogramming a a straightforward direct to St Johns, seemed to do the trick.
Crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence on the way to Newfoundland
and there it is
ATC sent us on the fun approach over St John’s harbor
no sweat landing.
Flight Time - 3:41
Distance - 627 NM
Fuel Burn - 623
Landing Force - 1.04 G
Landing Speed - 61 kts
OK next stop: the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
St John's, Newfoundland -> Ilha do Corvo, Azores
@“yeso”#p142656 I was wondering what the ocean flights would end up being in length.
I can't really tune in for these, but I love the updates and the detail. Good luck!
Someone should make a mod that puts an island with an airport right in the middle of the Atlantic to help you out.
luckily someone (Almighty God) did make a irl “mod” (plinian volcanic eruption) to form such an island!
@“yeso”#p142747 Almighty God the Ultimate Hacker.
heading out in a few. Will be flying for 6-7 hours so drop by whenever
we will begin our descent to Ilha do Corvo at about 2100 central time. We havent crashed yet. I'll be a couple beers by the time we land so it could be interesting
If I‘m around next for next flight I’ll research the landing place and drop some interesting facts in the chat like a tourist guide. If I'm not around someone else should do this
Conditions at takeoff
Mostly Cloudy
Light Snow
Outside temp - 31 F
Dewpoint - 25F
Pressure/Altimeter - 29.62 in
Wind Direction - 010 at 0 kts
this was a wild one at beginning and then at the end, and mostly boring for the 6 hours in between. Thankfully, this will be out last long haul oceanic flight for a while, with the only other potential option being crossing the South Pacific, and I haven’t figured out how we’re going to manage that yet.
The main priority on this flight was managing out fuel burn. The Kodiak as a max range of about 1100 NM, and Ihla do Corvo, the westernmost of the Azores, is 1050 NM away from St John’s. Adjusting passenger weight in the name of scientific realism
Note I picked up the dog mod, so we now have a 25 lbs dog keeping us company
Challenging moment just before takeoff when an Air Canada flight emerged from the pre-dawn gloom right in the middle of our runway
as you can see I have DOCUMENTED PROOF that ATC cleared us!
but all was well and we headed out over the mighty atlantic. Areva Derchi, Canada
While killing time, I went into the options menu to show viewers how to add passenger models into the cabin, but in doing so, accidently refiled the fuel tanks. In the interest of FULL REALISM I went ahead and dumped that fuel, so we had to manage the fuel burn accurately.
As for the approach and landing: I have to say I think the weather mod fucked me a little. It should have been partly cloudy, winds calm, and 60 F at Ilha do Corvo, but the “real world” weather injector hit us with had heavy clouds and precipitation.
Here’s a small gap in the cloud cover, with the island still enshrouded in fog.
this is not good
Poor visibility + short runway + rain-slick surface meant we, to a certain degree, skidded into a building and came to a stop.
We narrowly missed really messing up the wing here
then came to rest against this house
The sim cut out and we got the you seriously damaged the plane popup notification, which ended the flight. The question now was, how much damage did we do?
$35,105 worth according to the Air Hauler plugin. That's a lot but it could have been worse. Must have been a soft building.
And now we need to ask ourselves: should we file an insurance claim or just pay full freight?
Flight Time - 6:33
Distance - 1056 NM
Fuel Burn - 1843 KG
Landing Force - 0.97 G
Landing Speed - 74 kts
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I hope the dumped fuel vaporized before it hit the ocean. cool pics! Bummed I missed this one.
Regarding the poll, how much is in the coffers? The cost of repair seems to “only” be about 3 months worth of premiums at their current rate.
@“rejj”#p143043 Yeah I’m worried about that “you may become uninsurable in the future!” wording.
In that case I’m gonna vote no, cause the full cost seems negligible in comparison
