I am planning on doing an around the world trip soon in Flight Simulator X, and plan on using a Mooney Bravo M20, mainly because it is a single engine, complex airplane, with retractable gear and a variable pitch 3 blade prop, which is pretty good. I would have gone in a 172 but the speed of it is a big let down for the distance it will take, unless I want to spend a very long time, and a 2 blade fixed pitch prop isn't going to help with power and manifold pressure. Hopefully its going to be a lot of fun, and I will be using Tileproxy so I can get real scenery, instead of generic repeating landclass tiles. Boy I can't wait till I reach Alaska! :( Now to the point :(, does anyone have any good tips for flying long distances/around the world in GA planes?Should I start each flight with full fuel, or should I start with less and stop along the way, for speed?

Some interesting reading here - http://xpda.com/flyingtoeurope/regards,Joe

On another forum I frequent with sim fliers, I recommended flying into regionals or other small airports for scenery reasons. The only drawback is lack of AI at some of them, but I solve that too by adding GA AI flights to and from said airports (I am currently trying to fly around the US in a Beech 18 but has taken me a few years due to lack of a decent gaming PC and not being home to actually fly it).

My suggestion would be to plan it as if you were really going to do this. By that I mean think of all the places in the world you would really like to visit. Start jotting them down and pull out the travel guides, the maps, any clips of those places on YouTube. Then based on that start planning your trip around those. Fill in the gaps with other airports along the way to get re-fueled, sleep, $100 hamburger... you get the idea.Also, do a search on other simmers/sites (or real world pilots) who have accomplished this. I am sure they would give other good ideas and routes seeing what they have done. And third, enjoy the trip - not the ending destination.Clutch(oh, and make one of your stops Hong Kong! ;) )

Maybe you'll find some inspiration herehttp://www.aroundtheygo.com/index.htmlor herehttp://www.earthrounders.com/Wolfgang

Thank you for the tips and help everyone. I haven't started yet, but I am planning still. I think its going to be lots of fun, and with winter coming there is gonna be some interesting weather and icing!

As an alternative to the Mooney, why not consider the freeware Navion Rangemaster? It is much more fully equipped than the Mooney with navigation equipment... ;)

A trip around the world in Flightsim using the Mooney Bravo. Hmmmm. That brings back memories. Way back in the FS2000 era a bunch of AVSIM forum members started just such a flight using the Mooney. Some folks eventually switched to other GA singles but I flew all 157 legs in the Mooney. We had a Steve Small modified airfile that added long range fuel tanks to get us across the long over water legs. We did not take the most direct route. We wanted to see the whole world. A history of our journey can be found here:http://www.dmcity.com/slarty/index.php3A map of our route is here:http://www.dmcity.com/slarty/news.htmlThe route legs are here:http://www.dmcity.com/slarty/route.htmlFor the later legs each route planner would provide a narrative for the leg. The narratives are here:http://www.dmcity.com/slarty/narr/index.htmlIt took us over three years to plan and fly all of the legs but it was a lot of fun.Good luck to you.

I am planning on doing an around the world trip soon in Flight Simulator X, and plan on using a Mooney Bravo M20, mainly because it is a single engine, complex airplane, with retractable gear and a variable pitch 3 blade prop, which is pretty good. I would have gone in a 172 but the speed of it is a big let down for the distance it will take, unless I want to spend a very long time, and a 2 blade fixed pitch prop isn't going to help with power and manifold pressure. Hopefully its going to be a lot of fun, and I will be using Tileproxy so I can get real scenery, instead of generic repeating landclass tiles. Boy I can't wait till I reach Alaska! :( Now to the point :(, does anyone have any good tips for flying long distances/around the world in GA planes?Should I start each flight with full fuel, or should I start with less and stop along the way, for speed?

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Thanks for all the links everyone, wish me luck! BTW: I found the default Mooney Bravo to be a bit too sensitive and twitchy, I have never flown the real aircraft or any plane for that matter, but it still felt unrealistic, I found some modified airfiles for the FSX Mooney Bravo here if anybody wants them!http://www.metzgergva.de/

I was thinking of doing a round the world flight - But opted to fly from Liverpool to Fuertaventura in a Cirrus SR22 instead.I made it and it was a brilliant journey! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!Let me know if you do decide to do this round-the-world flight, and any great scenery hot-spots/interesting flight legs along the way!!!

I was thinking of doing a round the world flight - But opted to fly from Liverpool to Fuertaventura in a Cirrus SR22 instead.I made it and it was a brilliant journey! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!Let me know if you do decide to do this round-the-world flight, and any great scenery hot-spots/interesting flight legs along the way!!!

Sounds, good, I also love the Cirrus SR22, even though I don't have any add-ons for it. I was going to download the freeware version on Simviation, but since the SR22 doesn't allow flight into known icing (until recently), I opted to go with the Mooney M20. I'm glad you enjoyed it though! It's a lot more fun to fly these long distances in a small aircraft, even though their not as fast as airliners, but the good thing is you can fly at a whole range of altitudes if you like to keep it realistic and do RSVM airspace compared to airliners, you get to see things in great detail, since you are not FL400 (Although 10,000 and FL280, both have there advantages and different perspectives of the sky and ground! :() I think I would enjoy going around the world even in a Piper Cub, although it would take an eternity probably. :(. I think I might start my 1st leg this week, so if I find any good scenery I'll be sure to post where I found it here. Also I will be using Tileproxy for photoreal scenery, so I can finally explore the real great plains!

The Eaglesoft Cirrus SR22 is well worth it! Tiny drivel amount of money to pay for such a huge undertaking.And remember.. it IS a huge undertaking! I would seriously consider choosing something really fast, preferably with some toys to play with along the way. I did a round the world in a C208 a long time ago, was the most awesome fun, combined with the most awesome boredom. Very much worth it in the end though. Longest leg was the Atlantic crossing from somewhere off the west coast of the bulge of Africa to SBFN. Barely made it, and I'll always remember seeing that little island on the horizon for the first time. Great memories.