How long in a Stearman?

[spen2 1]

Assuming I could fill the tank up every 300 NM or so, how long would it take to reach the west coast of the US? Taking off from say....Hilo International Airport as an example.

[Fsau 0]

I'm going to guess about 20 hours :(

[DAD 2,650]

plus same time back to Hawaii because you cannot land on the west coast :-)

[Jcannon 13]

plus same time back to Hawaii because you cannot land on the west coast :-)

Well technically, by the time he reached a westerly sided coast of anywhere, he'll be able to land back at hawaii

[alainneedle1 97]

Assuming I could fill the tank up every 300 NM or so, how long would it take to reach the west coast of the US? Taking off from say....Hilo International Airport as an example.

Head or tail wind? Edited January 17, 2012 by alainneedle1

[spen2 1]

Front wind or tail wind?Head or tail wind?

I was waiting for someone to ask that. Lets say a 10 knot tailwind, as a little help :)

[spen2 1]

ok, got bored of waiting for an answer. Fsau wasn't far off. I reckon about 23 hours and 40 minutes with a cruising speed of eighty kts. A distance of approximately 2129 nautical miles to KLAX. Not forgetting the 10 knot tail wind of course!Might give it a try. I'll let you know what I find, unless I forget to top up the fuel and end up ditching somewhere in the pacific...Edit: why can't i write 'eighty' in numbers without it showing a smiley?

Edited January 17, 2012 by spen2

[pstrub 998]

How many kts? :(

Edited January 17, 2012 by pstrub

[Guest jahman]

Use this calculator.Cheers,- jahman.

[pstrub 998]

I know how to calculate myself - but his 8 0 (eighty) written in numbers resulted in a smiley , which was kind of funny. Ok, back to topic...Edit: BTW, nice flying calculator!

Edited January 17, 2012 by pstrub

[spen2 1]

Use this calculator.Cheers,- jahman.

Very useful tool. Thanks!I was quite close then :) PHTO (19°43'13"N 155°02'54"W) KLAX (33°56'33"N 118°24'29"W) 58° (NE) 2128 nm 23:39

[flyingscampi 2]

It would take about an hour and then you would hit the edge of the 'world'. Ever seen 'The Truman Show'? :(

[gtrbarbarian 1]

It would take about an hour and then you would hit the edge of the 'world'. Ever seen 'The Truman Show'? :(

I was thinking that since flight simulation seems to be regressing, maybe in Flight the Earth is still flat and you might fall off the edge...

[n4gix 4,947]

With no air refuling available, just how would you "fill 'er up?"

[Guest jahman]

It would take about an hour and then you would hit the edge of the 'world'. Ever seen 'The Truman Show'? :(

With no air refuling available, just how would you "fill 'er up?"

An add for a consumer product like Coca-Cola would appear and you would have to click "Like", but this would only work if your MS Live account was linked to your Facebook account. Otherwise you're SOF (just like SOL, but for Fuel).Cheers,- jahman.