This is the first time I have come across a boat in the open sea. Dead in the water and no one one board. I made severel low passes with the C-46. She seems to have a ramp on the aft to launch small boats. I notified the Coast Guard, looks rather suspicious to me.

 

Steve

Maybe its from a mission they planned on adding?

Maybe Static AI?

If it is static, it's not very "I".

That boat was lost at sea in the Bermuda's Triangle in 1974, in 1981 (seven years later) the US Coast Guard (Seventh Distric) received a two minutes message from the same boat saying that their compass was going crazy and they did not know where they were, that was the last time we heard from them.

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting, Steve. I've found a number of those trawls around ports, but never one out at sea.

 

Best regards.

Luis

Just goes to show everyone, there are still things to find in Flight. Now, I'm going looking for ships. :lol:

Just goes to show everyone, there are still things to find in Flight. Now, I'm going looking for ships. :lol:

 

After pausing my game for a while then rejoining, a big trail of flames shot out of the engine of my C-46, seeming to curl up under the bottom of the craft in the wind-stream for a second while I blinked with my mouth open.

 

Before I could complete the thought "Did I just blow the engine?" the effect was gone, and I have not been able to replicate it.

 

Little surprises.

After it sits for awaile fuel and oil will accumulate in the bottom cylinders and BOOM. Normal procedure is to pull the prop of each engine through a couple of times to lubracate the top cylinders before starting. Lucky you did not blow a jug, ha ha.

 

I just reread your post again and I guess you were already in the air at the time. So, yes, I have seen something similar but not that drastic. You just never know!

After pausing my game for a while then rejoining, a big trail of flames shot out of the engine of my C-46, seeming to curl up under the bottom of the craft in the wind-stream for a second while I blinked with my mouth open.

 

Before I could complete the thought "Did I just blow the engine?" the effect was gone, and I have not been able to replicate it.

 

Little surprises.

 

maybe it just started the engine again....happened to me before if i remember well.

You can see it when you start the engines with the B key. There is fire and smoke

coming out if you look at the engines from the outside. Just a thought ...

That boat was lost at sea in the Bermuda's Triangle in 1974, in 1981 (seven years later) the US Coast Guard (Seventh Distric) received a two minutes message from the same boat saying that their compass was going crazy and they did not know where they were, that was the last time we heard from them.

 

 

 

So an abandoned trawler drifted through the Panama Canal, or all the way around Cape Horn and up against the current to Alaska. C'mon, that's pretty far fetched. It's much more likely that it was washed out to sea during the Japenese tsunami and the crew went crazy and turned in to zombies.

Normal procedure is to pull the prop of each engine through a couple of times to lubracate the top cylinders before starting.

 

I believe the reason for the procedure to pull the prop through is to check that the lower cylinders have not accumulated an excessive amount of oil, while the engine was shut down, that would cause a hydraulic lock when the piston was in a compression stroke and subsequently damage the piston, rod and/or jug. Way back when I used to crew on the Grumman Albatross HU-16E, a high wing amphibian with radial engines. It was not practical, or possible while on water, for us to pull the prop through so we would just turn the engine over with the starter and count 12 blades (3 bladed prop) before turning on the mags. If a cylinder got a hydraulic lock, the theory was that the starter would not damage anything. I don’t think pulling the prop through would sling any oil onto the top cylinders though.

maybe it just started the engine again....happened to me before if i remember well.

You can see it when you start the engines with the B key. There is fire and smoke

coming out if you look at the engines from the outside. Just a thought ...

 

That was my first thought and so I stopped the engines (while in the air) and waited till both propellers stopped, then restarted the engine. I did this several times, but no dice.

 

It seems I may have had a random incident, and caught the game just right.

 

(And I have not even started my trawler hunt yet!)

So an abandoned trawler drifted through the Panama Canal, or all the way around Cape Horn and up against the current to Alaska. C'mon, that's pretty far fetched. It's much more likely that it was washed out to sea during the Japenese tsunami and the crew went crazy and turned in to zombies.

 

I don't believe in zombies...., watch this vid., there is no real explainations there but it's entertaining...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALF-4ubvhzQ

Is this trawler anywhere near the "Lost" set? :lol: