November 13, 201213 yr I dragged the C46 down to 41 degrees from Unalska and managed to fly to Hanna. Flew at 30 to 40% throttle ,140knts, 10 000 feet ,clear skies in January, arrived 7 hrs later with 10% fuel remaining. Interestingly there is blue ocean the whole way, no green/brown abyss like you find off the other coasts of Alaska. Tried this once before but went off course and ranout of fuel as my Gmap disconnected from Flight.
November 13, 201213 yr When you got to Hawaii, was it the low res version (as if you didn't have the rest of Hawaii installed) or the high res version where you got airports and building and trees? Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
November 13, 201213 yr Hi res version. Everything is there. Don't hit M after you land or you will get fired back to your start point.. Use ESC then shut down Flight, restart and you will still be in Hawaii.
November 13, 201213 yr For some reason I always thought this should be possible, but saw somewhere that it was not. I guess the secret is to never ever hit "M" We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
November 13, 201213 yr Good way to build flight time. No other aircraft in the hanger could make it, thats for sure. Love the Whale. Funny how one can forget about the no VC thing when there is no other choice.
November 13, 201213 yr If only the thing could actually turn. Guess flying straight for 7 hours is perfect for the beast.
November 13, 201213 yr If only the thing could actually turn. Guess flying straight for 7 hours is perfect for the beast. Oh, it turns. Just think of it as a huge Galleon, slowly tacking into the wind. :-) We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
November 13, 201213 yr Nice find! Didn't expect them to be connected, at least the high-res versions.
February 3, 201313 yr Finally crossed this one off my list of things to try. Took off out of Adak and kept straight. Did one in-flight refuel by exiting free flight, going to the hangar, sliding the fuel slider to 100%, and back to free flight. As HiFlyer suggests, don't go to the map, at least until you see the mountains of Maui. Then into Kahului. Pretty much a straight shot.
February 3, 201313 yr Before the flight, I use the cockpit of the Maule to set RPM at 70%. Then into the C46; climbed out at 100%, 135 kts, to FL200; once at altitude, adjusted power to maintain 125kts. Sorry, didn't note elapsed time---I don't stay in front of the computer during the flight (was practicing saxophone scales).
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