February 10, 20233 yr Was descending through 15,300 in the Vision jet, just over SC51 (near Charlotte SC) at night. Couldn't see anything outside the window. Suddenly the "500" announcement went off, the altimeter dropped to zero, I heard a scraping sound, and then I was back at 15,300 and descending. It was like I brushed the top of a very tall terrain spike in an almost-belly landing, but when I switched from real time to daylight to look around, nothing like that was visible. Everything looked normal. I flew over the area for a good long time trying to see if it was an invisible mountain, but I never hit anything again. Anyone have an idea what this might have been? Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
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February 10, 20233 yr Are you sure you weren’t in the Bermuda Triangle? Sorry I have no actual helpful advice 😀 Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
February 10, 20233 yr If the altimeter went to zero it wasn't a terrain spike, unless you mean the radioaltimeter. I am wondering whether it could've been icing. Could have been the giant turtle that carries our world had a hickup? Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
February 10, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, eslader said: Was descending through 15,300 in the Vision jet, just over SC51 (near Charlotte SC) at night. Couldn't see anything outside the window. Suddenly the "500" announcement went off, the altimeter dropped to zero, I heard a scraping sound, and then I was back at 15,300 and descending. It was like I brushed the top of a very tall terrain spike in an almost-belly landing, but when I switched from real time to daylight to look around, nothing like that was visible. Everything looked normal. I flew over the area for a good long time trying to see if it was an invisible mountain, but I never hit anything again. Anyone have an idea what this might have been? Ancient alien theorists believe that it may have been the remnants of a long lost civilization of the extra-terrestrial Zod culture which has since gone invisible here on earth? Dave Kalin Excel Classes Computer Lessons
February 10, 20233 yr 27 minutes ago, orchestra_nl said: Could have been the giant turtle that carries our world had a hickup? 😄 Are you sure it wasn't one of the four elephants instead? Can't imagine the OP's issue being a terrain spike either. Speaking of icing, here's what I think happened. https://youtu.be/jsGCdgqVQvQ?t=20 AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
February 10, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, regis9 said: Are you sure you weren’t in the Bermuda Triangle? I was actually married in the Bermuda Triangle (aboard a cruise ship). And I will tell you from personal experience that all the horrible things you've heard about catastrophes in the Bermuda Triangle are true. Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
February 10, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, hangar said: Ancient alien theorists believe that it may have been the remnants of a long lost civilization of the extra-terrestrial Zod culture which has since gone invisible here on earth? Heh. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 10, 20233 yr Author 4 hours ago, orchestra_nl said: If the altimeter went to zero it wasn't a terrain spike, unless you mean the radioaltimeter. I am wondering whether it could've been icing. Could have been the giant turtle that carries our world had a hickup? Icing might have messed up the instrument readings (although I was unaware MSFS models any sort of icing effects on any instrument other than the ASI) but it wouldn't have actually caused my plane to land on something. I had Neofly running, hauling fragile cargo, and it broke when this happened, which means at least Neofly thought I landed hard. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
February 10, 20233 yr 42 minutes ago, eslader said: Icing might have messed up the instrument readings... I'm going with, it was an iceberg, that subsequently melted by the time he turned the aeroplane around to look for it. "That's what" - She
February 11, 20233 yr 6 hours ago, David Mills said: I was actually married in the Bermuda Triangle (aboard a cruise ship). And I will tell you from personal experience that all the horrible things you've heard about catastrophes in the Bermuda Triangle are true. Did your wife disappear? well, maybe I should then book a cruise for my wedding anniversary Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
February 11, 20233 yr 8 hours ago, David Mills said: I was actually married in the Bermuda Triangle (aboard a cruise ship). And I will tell you from personal experience that all the horrible things you've heard about catastrophes in the Bermuda Triangle are true. I flew over it on my way to my honeymoon. The results were apparently the same. 😛 Next time, we're going to Alaska. i9-10850K, ASUS TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI), 32GB G.SKILL DDR4-3603 / PC4-28800, GIGABYTE RTX5080 16GB WF OC 3 FAN running 3440x1440
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