May 6, 20242 yr For our flight from Ushuaia to Phoenix Field on Ross Island, we are using our good old Transall in a livery in the colors of the British Antarctic Survey (they don’t use the C-160 in rl, but I think it looks pretty good). The skin is based on the real livery of the BAS Twin Otter, which is used in the Arctic. Despite the (fictitious) additional tanks, we will have to refuel twice. Let the adventure begin. The Beagle Channel always looks impressive Of course we had to fly past Cap Horn The north-western foothills of Antarctica. It's quite impressive what MSFS offers us in this respect But that also exists: an infinite expanse Closer to our destination, things look much more interesting again. However, we are diverted to Casey. The runway at Phoenix Field is unusable (in other words: there was nothing in the Flusi that interested me apart from a barely perceptible runway) Passing McMurdo Sound and Ross Island Short Final Thanks for viewing 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
May 6, 20242 yr Excellent! Some breath-taking expanses. I like the way the low sun angle highlighted the tracks in the runway snow.
May 6, 20242 yr That last one's a bit special, Bernd! (and the others ain't bad <grin>) Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
May 6, 20242 yr Great flight and landing, Bernd. Quite the adventure, even in the sim. How many hours did it take you? PS: I had to learn that in German the cape can really be written with only one "o", even though it was named after Willem Schouten´s hometown. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kap_Hoorn Cheers, Gerold Spoiler Hardware: Intel i9-13900K @ 4.2 Ghz, BENQ EW3270U (3840*2160), 32 GB RAM DDR5-6000, Gigabyte Gaming OC Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB, Samsung 980 Pro M.2: 1 TB (Win 11-System), Samsung 870 QVO SSD: 2 TB (MSFS), 2 * Samsung 850 EVO SSD: 1 TB (P3D 4.5 HF3) & 500 GB (spare). Scenery / Add-Ons: Lots of commercial & freeware sceneries. Plus ActiveSky_MSFS - and for P3D: FS Global Mesh 2010, ActiveSky_P3Dv4, ASCA, EzDok v3, Pro-ATC/X and REX 4 Texture Direct.
May 7, 20242 yr Fine set of shots buddy ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
May 7, 20242 yr Author Thanks a lot gents for your comments!! 9 hours ago, Stiller Water said: How many hours did it take you? PS: I had to learn that in German the cape can really be written with only one "o", even though it was named after Willem Schouten´s hometown. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kap_Hoorn Close to 11 hours actual flight time, so a few times I switched to fast forward 🙂 How to spell "Horn" I knew, but then I realized that I misspelled the word "Cape", as I omitted the "e" 😒 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
May 7, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, bernd1151 said: How to spell "Horn" I knew, but then I realized that I misspelled the word "Cape", as I omitted the "e" 😒 vocals, vocals... Justa thorow sum in the next timee, we´ll be balanced 🙂 ! Cheers, Gerold Spoiler Hardware: Intel i9-13900K @ 4.2 Ghz, BENQ EW3270U (3840*2160), 32 GB RAM DDR5-6000, Gigabyte Gaming OC Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB, Samsung 980 Pro M.2: 1 TB (Win 11-System), Samsung 870 QVO SSD: 2 TB (MSFS), 2 * Samsung 850 EVO SSD: 1 TB (P3D 4.5 HF3) & 500 GB (spare). Scenery / Add-Ons: Lots of commercial & freeware sceneries. Plus ActiveSky_MSFS - and for P3D: FS Global Mesh 2010, ActiveSky_P3Dv4, ASCA, EzDok v3, Pro-ATC/X and REX 4 Texture Direct.
May 7, 20242 yr Wonderful adventure series, bernd...Antarctica always is fascinating in our SIM... That bold-red livery on the C-160 is striking, but, yes, I do recall the BAS Twin Otter of the same color ... Thanks for sharing...!
May 8, 20242 yr Very nice shots of that extensive and lonely area Bernd! 🙂 The Transall also looks good. PC: Ryzen 7 3700x AM4, 16 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Storage SSD 3TB, HDD 8TB, USB 8TB, 2 Screens, Win10-64 SIMs: FSX SE, P3d 3.4/4.5/6.1, Xplane 10/11/12, MSFS 2020/24, Aerofly FS 4
May 9, 20242 yr Author Many thanks, P_7878 and Andreas! 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
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