F1 Flight Series

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sulky_uk

#105
June 12, 2017, 03:24:36 PM
I don't know what sim I will do the next trip in as fsx had a fatal error, had to uninstall, so it's either xplane or p3d

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I came into this world with nothing,
through careful management I\'ve got most of it left.

TeaLeaf

#106
June 12, 2017, 03:36:58 PM Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 05:22:49 PM by TeaLeaf
Next stop is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix held at Baku, so it's the longest flight we'll do until September when we start the Far East schedule.

Subject to prevailing winds changing of course, I'll be taking off from CYUL runway 24L and landing at UBBB on runway 35.  If you need the extra 300m to get wheels up, then use 24R instead (3352m versus 2926m).

Route:
YUL V382 VBS DCT YBC N745A HOIST DCT 58N050W 60N040W 61N030W 62N020W 62N010W DCT GUNPA DCT REPKU Y41 XENTA Z132 IPKAL DCT VEDEN DCT TIRIN M996 GUKOL A225 LATRI G118 OGURA B450 KZ B122 MKL B494 BUMAR N67 NOBVA NOBV1H

Departure is straight out on runway heading, but no RT below 5,000ft!   Then vector to route waypoint.
Arrival is on the NOBVA 1H SID.

Flight distance will be 4,966nm.
Estimated flight time - 12 hours 05 minutes.    (I think I'll be using flight time compression again!)
Eventual cruise height will be FL420.
Cargo is 72,727kg of F1 goodies plus passengers and baggage.


See you airside!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#107
June 13, 2017, 02:46:41 PM
Probably going to kick off this flight now.   I've downloaded the beta for Active Sky for P3D and will try to run it for the flight.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#108
June 13, 2017, 08:08:22 PM
...and we're there.  First F1 flight using P3D v4, and very pleasant it was too!  Montreal to Baku, all in just under 5 hours thanks to time acceleration.

Time Started: 13:57 - 13/06/2017
Time Ended: 18:46 - 13/06/2017
Time Taken: 04:49hrs

Landing Rate: -136 FPM
Fuel Burned: 165860kg

Lined up, ready for take off, heading for Baku, some 12 hours away.


Not the best weather in Montreal, so kind of glad to be leaving!


Cruising across Canada, about to start the transatlantic leg.


Having taken off during the day, we're heading into night.  It's a 12 hour flight time with 12 hours of difference in time zones (from -8 hrs in Montreal to +4 hours at Baku)!


It's properly dark now, and a lovely clear night at 38,000ft.


Turning onto the transition for our STAR (arrival route) and descending towards Baku.


On final approach to UBBB airport.   I'm loving the graphics in P3D, look at the football field below!


Nailed a brilliant landing, with a landing rate of just -136ft/min.   P3D seems to do amazing shadows, both on the ground and even shadows cast by clouds.  Beautiful!


Finally parked up at the Cargo stand and offloading.  Time for some crew R&R!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

sulky_uk

#109
June 15, 2017, 11:34:56 PM
Nice, so after having to reinstall FSX, it seem that everything just doeskin want to work, textures wouldn't load, ORBX could find the scenary.cfg and I had to use the right seat as siting in the left, well no switches would work.....

anyhow

Montreal goodbye



nice view



some plane spotters view



turning over Baku



Finals



touchdown



crowd goes wild...




really need my other a/c to get sorted for P3d, cant do this temperamental FSX thing


I came into this world with nothing,
through careful management I\'ve got most of it left.

BrotherTobious

#110
June 16, 2017, 08:44:28 AM
Looking good guys :)
"It's hard, but not as hard as Arma!!!" Tutonic
"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.." Terry Pratchett

TeaLeaf

#111
June 16, 2017, 09:35:08 AM
Quote from: sulky_uk;424035really need my other a/c to get sorted for P3d, cant do this temperamental FSX thing
Yeah, I have not loaded FSX since P3D v4 came out, it just seems so much nicer despite me really needing a gfx upgrade.

Anyhoo, welcome to Baku!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#112
June 26, 2017, 08:35:19 AM
Wow, what a race!   We're packing up now and need to load up the cargo planes for the next hop from Baku to Thalerhof (Graz) airport, LOWG, for the Austrian Gran Prix.  

We need to have wheels on the ground by July 9th and LOWG's runway 35C looks the better approach.

Have a good flight folks!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#113
July 07, 2017, 03:51:39 PM
Weather looks good, Baku to Thalerhof might have to be tonight!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

sulky_uk

#114
July 08, 2017, 12:23:05 AM
did the flight at night, Photobucket didn't want to play so had to use forum uploads

on the pan at baku

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4097[/ATTACH]

lined up ready to go

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4098[/ATTACH]

not much to see

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4099[/ATTACH]

on auto pilot

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4100[/ATTACH]

manual land

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4101[/ATTACH]

right on the money

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4102[/ATTACH]

new gearbox for lewis

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4103[/ATTACH]


I came into this world with nothing,
through careful management I\'ve got most of it left.

TeaLeaf

#115
July 08, 2017, 08:58:53 AM
Flying UBBB to LOWG this morning.

RASA2B RASAM N199 LUSAL M11 MATAL P567 AGISO N644 ROLIN UN644 KARDE UL851 KUGOS L851 ADINA L5 CND M747 NEKUL P975 MOPUG DCT GOTAR GOTA2M.

Pre-flight checks are currently underway!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#116
July 08, 2017, 09:07:05 AM
Hmmm, first attempt and I managed to kill everyone.   Massive turbulence and wind shear as I left the airport which is currently surrounded by a massive thunderstorm cell, so I was happily taking some screenshots of the excessive wing flex (which I thought was mainly due to the PMDG bug) and I got an 'Aircraft Overstress' failure and the airframe disintegrated at about 13,000ft! :roflmao:

Take two:  reloading and will immediately try to divert East and out of the storm cell PDQ to see if I can make it around this time!

Sometimes the weather map just says 'No'.  Autopilot is on and I should be doing 250 knots, but the ASI is bouncing between 210 and 360 knots as we bounce around!


Note the message in top left of screenshot: Airframe overstress due to excessive windshear and turbulence in the storm cell. All 12 onboard killed, and F1 cargo destroyed!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#117
July 08, 2017, 11:08:00 AM
Turning on to final for LOWG runway 35C


Wheels down and taxiing to cargo parking.


F1 cargo in Austria and ready for the race.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

BrotherTobious

#118
July 08, 2017, 11:33:15 AM Last Edit: July 08, 2017, 04:59:47 PM by BrotherTobious
Quote from: TeaLeaf;424915Hmmm, first attempt and I managed to kill everyone.   Massive turbulence and wind shear as I left the airport which is currently surrounded by a massive thunderstorm cell, so I was happily taking some screenshots of the excessive wing flex (which I thought was mainly due to the PMDG bug) and I got an 'Aircraft Overstress' failure and the airframe disintegrated at about 13,000ft! :roflmao:

Take two:  reloading and will immediately try to divert East and out of the storm cell PDQ to see if I can make it around this time!

Sometimes the weather map just says 'No'.  Autopilot is on and I should be doing 250 knots, but the ASI is bouncing between 210 and 360 knots as we bounce around!


Note the message in top left of screenshot: Airframe overstress due to excessive windshear and turbulence in the storm cell. All 12 onboard killed, and F1 cargo destroyed!

This is how I saw this playing out mate.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/embed/6BHeaEat_aI[/video]
"It's hard, but not as hard as Arma!!!" Tutonic
"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.." Terry Pratchett

TeaLeaf

#119
July 11, 2017, 01:58:08 PM
It's a short hop from Austria to the UK this week, I'll post a route up later today (assuming I remember).

I'll need to have completed my flight by Thursday night, as I'm actually attending the Silverstone on Friday! Hospitality ticket ftw, I'll be watching/eating/drinking from the Brooklands Suite at the end of the Wellington Straight :racing:
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)
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