May 2, 20215 yr Not a political post, instead talking about directions. Is it just my imagination, or do the towers often seem to tell you to "fly left downwind" when they actually mean right and vice versa?
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May 2, 20215 yr 8 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said: Not a political post, instead talking about directions. Is it just my imagination, or do the towers often seem to tell you to "fly left downwind" when they actually mean right and vice versa? I think most airports have left traffic, easier for pilot to see everything.
May 2, 20215 yr The direction, L or R, is the direction you keep the airport off your respective wingtip. So left downwind means you are keeping the airport off to your left. Right downwind you'd be heading the same directon, but off the other side of the airport, looking at the airport off your right wingtip. https://www.flight-training-made-simple.com/circuits-briefing Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
May 2, 20215 yr Author Yes, I get that. But I find that in MSFS, as opposed to older versions, they'll often tell you to fly left when the field is to the right. Meaning you would have to fly away, and in a big 360o circle just to get there.
May 3, 20215 yr 11 hours ago, fppilot said: The direction, L or R, is the direction you keep the airport off your respective wingtip. So left downwind means you are keeping the airport off to your left. Right downwind you'd be heading the same directon, but off the other side of the airport, looking at the airport off your right wingtip. https://www.flight-training-made-simple.com/circuits-briefing Oooh goodie that's a nice website ! Thank you and added to favorites! AMD Ryzen 9800X3D/ Asus ROG Strix B650E F Gaming WiFi / Asrock Taichi 9070XT / 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5 6000 / 2x ADATA XPG 8200 Pro NVME / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 / Seasonic Vertex 1000w PSU / Lian Li LanCool II Mesh Performance / Asus VG34VQL3A / Topping E70 Velvet DAC & L70 Amp /Sennheiser HD660s2 Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke + TCA Sidestick + TFRP Rudders
May 3, 20215 yr 43 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said: Yes, the question has nothing to do with how a pattern works. In the sim they always give you left....which wouldn't work at a towered airport all the time... you'll get right traffic patterns too especially if the airport has parallel runways...but also with single runways. Where I used to work we had a East/West runway and aircraft coming from the NW would get right downwinds....from the SW would get left downwinds if we were using RY 27. | 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 |
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May 3, 20215 yr More likely fly left upwind then land downwind in msfs I'm afraid Andy. I'm sure that it could be programmed to request an overhead rejoin too, which is what I get most frequently in the real world. Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia RTX5080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2024 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor)
May 3, 20215 yr Do you mean as an example you're instructed to fly "left base" when actually the airport is to your right? I guess in this scenario you could just do an overhead join from the dead side to put you on a left downwind and then left base. Tom Wright, UK PPL(A) SEP + Night Rating + IMC/IR(R) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM | 16GB RTX 4080 Super | 2x 2TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2 | Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Sidestick + Quadrant | Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals | WinCTRL Airbus FCU + EFIS + MCDU
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