August 26, 20214 yr 23 hours ago, Dominique_K said: Thanks for the hints Panama might be getting civilized. Last night I took a look at El Porvenir and Mamitupo and a couple of those strips. In MSFS they are paved and about half-way civilized. Ugh. They weren't like that 15 years ago. Maybe the sim is "embellishing" their attributes. Puerto Obaldia was a grass strip back then. Not sure about today, or in MSFS. I'll have to keep looking to find some true bush strips there. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
August 26, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Mace said: Panama might be getting civilized. Last night I took a look at El Porvenir and Mamitupo and a couple of those strips. In MSFS they are paved and about half-way civilized. Ugh. They weren't like that 15 years ago. Maybe the sim is "embellishing" their attributes. Puerto Obaldia was a grass strip back then. Not sure about today, or in MSFS. I'll have to keep looking to find some true bush strips there. Puerto Obaldia is paved but I had to take off my back to the sea and the tree line is high enough that I found prudent to revisit the short field figures for the Cub ! I did a short but great flight to MPMA Mulatupo, a small island not far from the coast. The weather was fantastic. MFS at its best. I had to take off in a nasty rain and very low visibility, fly low following the white sand beach along the jungle but over the 30-odd miles the fog gradually cleared and the rain slowed and stopped and I could land under the sun. That was welcome because the runway is short. A great weather transition. Edited August 26, 20214 yr by Dominique_K Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
August 26, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Dominique_K said: Puerto Obaldia is paved but I had to take off my back to the sea and the tree line is high enough that I found prudent to revisit the short field figures for the Cub ! I did a short but great flight to MPMA Mulatupo, a small island not far from the coast. The weather was fantastic. MFS at its best. I had to take off in a nasty rain and very low visibility, fly low following the white sand beach along the jungle but over the 30-odd miles the fog gradually cleared and the rain slowed and stopped and I could land under the sun. That was welcome because the runway is short. A great weather transition. Wow! That sounds great. I may have to try that flight soon. I may need something a bit more STOL than a Piper Arrow. Another scenic flight would be going from Puerto Obaldia "around the horn" (around the peninsula) over to Colombia. I think the town is Zappurrizia or something like that. There is an airfield on the other side of the peninsula but I'm not too familiar with it. That's drug running territory. The south / pacific coast of Panama, south of the Darien Gap, is also very remote. Fly from Jaque and head southeast along the coast. Mountains to the sea, it impresses me in P3D and I haven't even flown there in MSFS yet, so I may be in for a treat. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
August 27, 20214 yr 20 hours ago, Mace said: The south / pacific coast of Panama, south of the Darien Gap, is also very remote. Fly from Jaque and head southeast along the coast. Mountains to the sea, it impresses me in P3D and I haven't even flown there in MSFS yet, so I may be in for a treat. Look what I saw on my way from El Real to Jaque 😄 Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
August 27, 20214 yr Author The bush league xcubs are probably my most favorite bush planes in MSFS! ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
August 27, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, captain420 said: The bush league xcubs are probably my most favorite bush planes in MSFS! Too much glass. I tend to bush bash in the c140 though it is a wee bit on the gutless side of the power curve especially at altitude.
August 27, 20214 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: Too much glass. lol, exactly why I love them! 🙂 I'm a glass kinda guy. ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
August 27, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: Too much glass. I tend to bush bash in the c140 though it is a wee bit on the gutless side of the power curve especially at altitude. Perennial debate 😄 ! I was pro-steam not along ago. Not anymore. The more I watch real bush vids clips, the more I see glass. And that makes sense to me. Bush flying is on average more dangerous than normal flying, and having the situational awareness given by a G3X is terribly useful. You can concentrate more on what is important. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
August 27, 20214 yr meh ... I need to see the needle swinging to know what is going on. Though admittedly back in the day when I use to fly , which was well and truly pre-GPS, we had to make some unscheduled diversion for fuel stops on occasion after getting let us say "navigationally challenged" flying VFR . Not fun when the only strip you can reach before hitting reserve is a grass one with a locked shed and an hour wait for someone with a key to turn up 😄 Edited August 27, 20214 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick
August 27, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Dominique_K said: Look what I saw on my way from El Real to Jaque 😄 Is that an airstrip you found? Is it selectable from the airport menu? Or is it a true remote jungle strip? Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
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