Although in the long past I've done a few flight that I would consider "long" (California to Hawaii;  NY - London), I've never really been a fan of long IFR flights as it suits no purpose for me to sit for hours doing next to nothing.

These days I mostly fly by hand, without any a/p engagement so my flights are usually less than 200nm.

8 minutes ago, hangar said:

Although in the long past I've done a few flight that I would consider "long" (California to Hawaii;  NY - London), I've never really been a fan of long IFR flights as it suits no purpose for me to sit for hours doing next to nothing.

These days I mostly fly by hand, without any a/p engagement so my flights are usually less than 200nm.

Yeah, long flights are like watching paint dry. 

Longest I do are like KORD KSFO or KORD KSEA now a days.   I miss the skew/speedup functionality that Prepar3d had.  

Edited April 23, 20233 yr by Harold_Finch

I avoid long flights for the same reason I avoid fishing.

59 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Yeah, long flights are like watching paint dry. 

Long flights are real simming that is what count for me !

If you goeing to work you have to do it for hours, thats what i do "work for hours".

For me, this is the essential reason why I do flight simulations in the first place 🙂

cheers 😉

I'm just in the middle of Hilo to Newark right now in the BBJ. I can't remember the actual longest, but have been doing a few 10-12 hour flights in the BBJ over the past weeks. 

I'm still occasionally switching back to FSX SE longhauls in the 747, 777, and DC8. Although at this point I seem to have found a sweet spot in MSFS. It's running very well. Excellent scenery on takeoffs and landings, and even up at FL410 it looks great. The only thing that still bothers me is a slight whine of the computer fans. It's not nearly as bad as when I first started out in MSFS, but noticeably louder than when I'm running FSX in the background and doing other work on the computer. It would be cool if there were an option to minimize graphics settings without restarting the sim when you minimize the window. I wouldn't mind like a 30 second lag to get back up to speeed when you pop back into your cockpit.

When I fire up the good ol' QOTS in FSX I still very much enjoy all the flight planning, preflights, the whole experience. Especially the blisfull silence when I'm doing other stuff. But I can't help it, I also get that itch to have a long haul flight running in the background and checking in from time to time. The AI traffic I have in FSX is at least as fun to watch as in MSFS. But the overall graphics, also walking around the ramp, of course choose MSFS!

I maybe won't get the same aircraft I already have in FSX when they come out in MSFS, but rather add new ones, A330, maybe 787, or A350, or hopefully a good classic like the DC10. 

I actually enjoy short to medium hauls in the 737-700 since I got MSFS now too.

In my work I make money I don't loose worthful time, LOL

1 hour and most of it was @ 4x speed 🙂

Whenever I can I have a flight running. I enjoy long hauls while doing something else (like working). Planning my step climbs, monitoring fuel consumption, occasionally resolving a random failure. And whenever I want just to focus on the sim then I choose a shorter route. Both are nice 🙂

11 hours ago, adino said:

In my work I make money I don't loose worthful time, LOL

Apparently you are not an enthusiast for Flightsimming like me and thats a/the big difference,LOL 😎

cheers 😉

9 hrs in the Salty747 the other day. I let it run at Simrate1. Went well, pretty smooth. The Salty mod is getting better and better. 

14 hours ago, Antipodeslonghaul said:

The only thing that still bothers me is a slight whine of the computer fans. It's not nearly as bad as when I first started out in MSFS, but noticeably louder than when I'm running FSX in the background and doing other work on the computer. It would be cool if there were an option to minimize graphics settings without restarting the sim when you minimize the window. I wouldn't mind like a 30 second lag to get back up to speeed when you pop back into your cockpit.

If you've got an Nvidia graphics card, you can use the Nvidia Control Panel app to limit MSFS' max frame rate while it's not the app in focus. I've got this set up to max out at 20fps when it's running in the background. That saves me a fair few Watts (and a big drop in fan noise) on those long hauls...

Thanks! I'm using AMD, but frame rates are certainly a good thing to try. I'm using the Riva Statistics Tuner for that. Also just tried again at least quickly lowering the sliders to minimum settings in the general options, like the level of detail. Anytime before leaving the cockpit, and boosting them back up when I check back in. Not too much effort, and no need to restart the sim for that to take effect. Brings temps down a bit further.

I did Tangier Morocco to Whangarei New Zealand once in the 777-200LR with full fuel and aux tanks and close to zero payload, but that was in FSX. According to Wikipedia it doesn't really get any further than that unless you go more than halfway around the World. The distance alone isn't necessarily so much of interest to me, but planning a route from scratch not using Simbrief, just Aviaton Weather wind forecast charts and Skyvector and seeing how the fuel and time work out according to plan. Maybe comparing it with a real world flight. 

On 4/23/2023 at 11:30 AM, pmplayer said:

Long flights are real simming

Yea, passenger simming 😜 

I love the long haul flights but I am fearful of CTD's.... Had one yesterday from Chicago to KPDX. CTD around Boise out of nowhere. So....