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Long haul flights are not eco friendly

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Just now, Fiorentoni said:

Time compression / sim rate? Ever heard of that?

Time compression is a non sense in my opinion because if you want fly "real" and experiment the real weather conditions, the real pilot and airplane stress, or simply exploring the world around you with real sunshines, you need to go without time compression. Not to mention that time compression is stressing your hot pc too.

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3 hours ago, cepact said:

An 8 hour flight with the PMDG 777 means my PC is running hot for 8 hours straight. At the same time I have to turn on the air conditioner to prevent my PC warming my room. I feel guilty to do this just to see pixels moving pretending to fly a plane, it doesn't feel right.

Yea, I have zero problems with it.

Eric 

 

 

3 hours ago, cepact said:

An 8 hour flight with the PMDG 777 means my PC is running hot for 8 hours straight. At the same time I have to turn on the air conditioner to prevent my PC warming my room. I feel guilty to do this just to see pixels moving pretending to fly a plane, it doesn't feel right.

Then don't do it...

3 hours ago, cepact said:

An 8 hour flight with the PMDG 777 means my PC is running hot for 8 hours straight. At the same time I have to turn on the air conditioner to prevent my PC warming my room. I feel guilty to do this just to see pixels moving pretending to fly a plane, it doesn't feel right.

I think you worry too much.  Compared to Taylor Swift flying around in her private jet while preaching to us how we should make sacrifices to 'save the planet', it is nothing. :smile:

Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind).

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3 hours ago, cepact said:

An 8 hour flight with the PMDG 777 means my PC is running hot for 8 hours straight. At the same time I have to turn on the air conditioner to prevent my PC warming my room. I feel guilty to do this just to see pixels moving pretending to fly a plane, it doesn't feel right.

That`s Flightsimulation at high level, same happens to me at the moment as i am on my way for a 6h flight with a 777 China Southern and my fan blows powerfully for my "fighting room" so that I can stand it in the room , not to get too wet when sweating..😄

But you right, not realy eco friendly this way !

cheers 😉

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1 hour ago, Fiorentoni said:

Time compression / sim rate? Ever heard of that?

Thats not "realy flying" like real Life IMO 😏

cheers 😉

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1 hour ago, Claudius_ said:

Time compression is a non sense in my opinion because if you want fly "real" and experiment the real weather conditions, the real pilot and airplane stress, or simply exploring the world around you with real sunshines, you need to go without time compression. Not to mention that time compression is stressing your hot pc too.

Non-sense is criticizing what others decide to do with their simulated flights. Personally, I sometimes use time compression and sometimes I don't. Sitting at a computer for 12 hours just to monitor the autopilot is not something I'm willing to do. Nevertheless, I do want to experience flight-deck preparation, take-off, climb, approach, and landing with heavy aircraft in a long-haul scenario, so time compression is a completely legitimate thing to do. It's also fully supported by PMDG with their auto-cruise functionality.

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25 minutes ago, G550flyer said:

Fly shorter legs. You get more out of departures, arrivals and landings vs at cruise burning gas.

My sweet spot is flights around 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours max. All my  flights on A Pilots Life are that long. 

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7 minutes ago, GCBraun said:

. Sitting at a computer for 12 hours just to monitor the autopilot is not something I'm willing to do.

Kind of like watching Jello harden. 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, GCBraun said:

Non-sense is criticizing what others decide to do with their simulated flights. Personally, I sometimes use time compression and sometimes I don't. Sitting at a computer for 12 hours just to monitor the autopilot is not something I'm willing to do. Nevertheless, I do want to experience flight-deck preparation, take-off, climb, approach, and landing with heavy aircraft in a long-haul scenario, so time compression is a completely legitimate thing to do. It's also fully supported by PMDG with their auto-cruise functionality.

Everybody can do what he want or like, it is "just" a Flightsimulator but i tend to do my Flights in real Life time other do not, and that`s OK - everybody at his own..

cheers 😉

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I have conducted literally thousands of short simulated flights on my PC over the years, and I can confidently state that I have never even considered the effect that it may have on the world's climate.

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3 hours ago, El Diablito said:

Is this a fact? I might try that as my temps sometimes spike into the mid 80s on flights, granted the ambient room temp is around 30c.

Yep. When I do that on my system, CPU temperature drops by about 10-20C.

I just slew forward to within 200 miles of my destination an complete the flight from there.

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