August 27, 20169 yr You watch a TV documentary of the Yukon territory and think to yourself that this would be a great area to further explore by plane. So you fire up your flightsim, select an airport in your desired location and want to go flying. In this case the default plane that loads with P3D is a Carenado C-172 with the engine running. You select a more appropriate plane, which is an An-2 with Yukon livery. And then, while the simulator loads your plane, you get distracted and walk away from your computer for a few minutes. And when you come back you see this unfolding right in front of your eyes. Lesson learned. Next time I will start the An-2 properly from cold and dark Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
August 27, 20169 yr Very cool shots! An-2 is one of my favorites. Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W, G.SKILL 48Gb@76000 MHz DDR5, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the day and night to visit violence on those who would do us harm”.
August 27, 20169 yr Unbelievable! Good that you were away from your yoke, Bernd. Tragic story. Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
August 27, 20169 yr Yeah thank goodness you were AFK hahahaha Nice pics | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
August 27, 20169 yr Some might be asking for a refund... So apart from leaving an aircraft to its own devices on the apron, did you discover what mistake was made to cause the conflagration?
August 28, 20169 yr Author So apart from leaving an aircraft to its own devices on the apron, did you discover what mistake was made to cause the conflagration? When I switched from an almost default-like plane such as the Carenado C-172 to the Sibwings An-2, I hadn't touched anything yet in its cockpit, that means that oil cooler shutters & cowl flaps were still closed. And when I came back, it was already too late Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
August 28, 20169 yr Killer shots. Killer fire. Sometime the sim world is better. No harm done. Dan George (woodhick)Check out Greenbrier Aero Club, the VA for and about the GA pilot.
August 29, 20169 yr You didn't open the radiator flaps, the engine overheated and caught on fire. The An-2 is a very unforgiving airplane from the engine management aspect... :wink:
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