Slice it in half...

[emfrat]

Just by coincidence...there is a sun compass gauge on flightsim this morning - just the thing for the trans-polar aviator.
B & Q will probably have a DIY astrodome kit for 757s and the like

I am aiming to do NZ-NZ via both poles, by Connie, when the RW job stops interfering with my playtime

Cheers
MikeW

[petermcleland]

Yes the FMC works absolutely the best I have used in FS9...Really excellent

Just landed at Capetown, airways routing from Exeter...A bit short of 12 hours with no reserves showing until the last step climb to FL430...Then it made a bit of fuel and I closed down with 831 Gallons remaining or 5566 lbs. Used was 10,445 gals or 69974 lbs...Too tired to process the very few pictures that I took but I'll do that tomorrow.

[petermcleland]

Here are a few pics from my long flight of yesterday:-


Airborne out of Exeter and bound for Capetown, fully loaded with Alaskan freight.


Most of the flight was as dark as "Newgit's Knocker"...I think here I was crossing the Spanish coast.


I made all the recommended "Step Climbs" along the way and here I have reached my final level of FL430. The flight was all made at full economy settings and you can see here from the FMC that the cruise speed is M.776 for extreme range as opposed to the more normal M.801 when the Cost Index is set at 85. BTW the Fuel forecast for landing at Capetown has resolutely remained at zero until we reached this final Flight Level...It is showing 4.0 Tonnes here.


Settled on the ILS for runway 19 after a perfectly judged (by the FMC) VNAV descent from FL430.


Here is a bit of Capetown murk as we head towards the threshold for a full Autoland.


This is a crop from the previous shot and you can see that the Autoland Status is "LAND 3" and all is just perfect. This time I have remembered to Arm the Lift Dump and set the Autobrake to 4. BTW I have left the navaid tuning entirely to the FMC and it has been busy all the way tuning VORs as they come into range (Shown on the RMI at the left edge of this shot).


And here we are at the end of a long flight...The chrono has it timed at 716mins from start of roll at Exeter to clearing runway here...11 hours 56 mins.
The fuel remaining is 5566 lbs or 831 gals. The fuel used was 69974 lbs or 10445 gals.
The freight all comes off here and we continue on with no payload till we get to Invercargill in NZ...So we will have a nice light aeroplane for landing on the ice at McMurdo.

[DaveB]

Smashing Peter It's a very impressive piece of kit isn't it

ATB

DaveB

[petermcleland]

Yes it certainly is Dave...I'm very impressed with how quickly and easily I have flown halfway round the world with a full load of freight. I have to admit that in real life I never flew an aeroplane with FMC. I would have, if I had done the 757 conversion course instead of taking early retirement...However, that would have cost me a lot of money

[Fodda]

LOL... Well as my heavy handed hint seems to have gone ignored...

Peter... Do you fancy knocking up a quick tutorial for the 757 flying with the FMC? I can do all the startup sequence of the aeroplane itself, it's purely the FMC stuff I need, from page 1 of it through to the very end. Sort of like the Trident tutorial you put together so well.

Or am I just being greedy? Say no if you don't fancy it, I'll totally understand.

[VEGAS]

This model has been a fresh addition to my hangar and I'm very impressed with it. I'm similar to Fodda. Worked everything out with regards to all systems, start-ups, shut down etc thanks to excellent video tutorials on YouTube.

However, the FMC is going to take a bit more time. I can only echo Fodda's request, but I would imagine Peter has far more important things to be getting on with than teach us how to use a computer.

Also looking foward to the patch which I believe comes out in November. There are a few little bugs which get on my t*ts.

[petermcleland]

LOL... Well as my heavy handed hint seems to have gone ignored...

Peter... Do you fancy knocking up a quick tutorial for the 757 flying with the FMC? I can do all the startup sequence of the aeroplane itself, it's purely the FMC stuff I need, from page 1 of it through to the very end. Sort of like the Trident tutorial you put together so well.

Or am I just being greedy? Say no if you don't fancy it, I'll totally understand.

LOL...No Fodda...Your hint was noted and considered...I decided that I would do a "Step by Step" guide to a 757 FMC flight. However, my DVD did place a Tutorial here:-

Windows START button > All programs > Just Flight > 757 Captain FS2004 > Tutorial

It is called FLYING THE 757 and it is in pdf format and it resides here in my system:-

G:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Just Flight\757 Captain\757Captutorial.pdf

The file name is"757Captutorial.pdf" and you could search for that.

If you do not have that file on your downloaded installation then I am quite happy to upload it to my website for you to download. Let me know here and I will give an URL.

I will do my own tutorial as time allows and will publish as soon as possible. It will be for a flight from A to B and as you have asked for it then I will let you choose the "A" and "B". I will then build and fly the flight and write the tutorial as I go along

[petermcleland]

Tech Log entry at Capetown:-



This is really not good enough for these long flights and I have taken the liberty of installing at company expense, a PortaPotti in the heads compartment.

The pressurisation does not work in the AUTO position as it allows the cabin altitude to rise to levels requiring oxygen. We are operating in the MAN mode and keeping the cabin altitude down to 10,000 feet.

The fuel system seems to be broken as, regardless of which pumps are on, the wing tanks empty first. This is inconvenient on long flights as it means that the APU can not be started at the end of the flight. Boeing like their Centre tank to be emptied first and I have made a small mod here at Capetown to ensure that happens and will check on the next flight.

Peter McLeland 36794

03/01/10

[Garry Russell]

Did you have to go outside Peter??

Garry