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[petermcleland]

Here is a quick Aerocache in MS Flight, followed by a crosswind landing back at the start.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNKYKPZZos

This video runs for 5 minutes and it should be viewed with the Quality clicked up to 1080p and the Full Screen icon at bottom right corner clicked.

Thanks for looking

[basys]

Hi Folks

Peter -
I do love the detail in FLIGHT's Hawaii scenery.
Great to see someone else enjoying it.

Interested to know what you think of the Bradshaw landing challenge, (Icon A5 Landing Challenge 3).
Have you tried it, (or any of the others) ?

ATB
Paul

[petermcleland]

Hi Folks

Peter -
I do love the detail in FLIGHT's Hawaii scenery.
Great to see someone else enjoying it.

Interested to know what you think of the Bradshaw landing challenge, (Icon A5 Landing Challenge 3).
Have you tried it, (or any of the others) ?

Paul,

I can't remember which one that was...I do remember completing a rather difficult curved water landing after about four go-arounds. Was that the one you are referring to? I have not yet tried any landing challenges in any other aeroplanes but I will get around to them all in time. I do the daily Aerocache now that I have run out of doable ones in the lists.

[basys]

Hi Peter

Bradshaw landing challenge, (Icon A5 Landing Challenge 3)

I can't remember which one that was...

Same airfield as this AOTD, & flying the Icon in similar weather.

I'd mean't to ask from your perspective as a RW pilot,
what you thought of FLIGHT's Landing Challenges as an introductory/refresher/training mechanism for newbie flight-simmers.

I do remember completing a rather difficult curved water landing after about four go-arounds.

LOL, enjoyed that, though took me a few more attempts.

I have not yet tried any landing challenges in any other aeroplanes but I will get around to them all in time.

Something to look forward to.

I do the daily Aerocache now that I have run out of doable ones in the lists.

Personally enjoy the AOTD's, giving me a reason to fire up the sim, if only for a short flight.

HTH
ATB
Paul

[petermcleland]

Hi Peter

Bradshaw landing challenge, (Icon A5 Landing Challenge 3)

I can't remember which one that was...

Same airfield as this AOTD, & flying the Icon in similar weather.

I'd mean't to ask from your perspective as a RW pilot,
what you thought of FLIGHT's Landing Challenges as an introductory/refresher/training mechanism for newbie flight-simmers.

I do remember completing a rather difficult curved water landing after about four go-arounds.

LOL, enjoyed that, though took me a few more attempts.

I have not yet tried any landing challenges in any other aeroplanes but I will get around to them all in time.

Something to look forward to.

I do the daily Aerocache now that I have run out of doable ones in the lists.

Personally enjoy the AOTD's, giving me a reason to fire up the sim, if only for a short flight.

Paul,

I've not really done too many of the landing challenges as I thought she was a bit naggy and picky so I just try hard with my own landings and am very pleased with my standard. However, it may be that a newby to flight simming could benefit greatly from flying these challenges as the instructor teaches all the right principles and it would probably prevent the student picking up bad habits. I just fly my own natural way and achieve very satisfying results from all my simming. I am, at 80, a bit of an old dog to learn new tricks!

Yes I agree with you about the AOTDs...I look forward to them and enjoy them all. I have developed a method for using the range to Aerocache indicator to lead me to the dificult ones in the Icon which has no radio aids (a recent Aerocache using 2 VOR radials and an altitude for instance). It also worked very well on yesterday's "Between the Islands" at 50 feet...And also some time ago on the "Blob" on the glacier. If you are interested I will describe the method

[basys]

Hi Peter.

I am, at 80, a bit of an old dog to learn new tricks!

I have developed a method for using the range to Aerocache indicator
to lead me to the dificult ones in the Icon which has no radio aids (a recent Aerocache using 2 VOR radials and an altitude for instance).
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If you are interested I will describe the method

Yes please.

My method for such is a bit rough & ready.

I fly in the general direction till it either increments or decrements.

If it increments, I keep flying in that direction.

If it decrements,
I immediately turn 90 degrees and fly for about a mile,
if it re-increments, I keep flying in that direction,
if it further decrements, I turn a further 90 degrees, hopefully it then increments.

Repeat until AOTD becomes visible.

ATB
Paul

[petermcleland]

Well first I check from the Internet search if it is likely to be a long distance (in which case the indicator is going to say "out of range"). If it is a long distance then I get a lat and long from one of the search websites and then put it into the Maps app on my iPad...Then by looking at that and the Start airfield I work out by eye the approx heading to get there (bear in mind that MAGVAR is quite large in Alaska). So with that approx heading I Take-Off...BTW I always fly with weather set to "Low and Threatening" so there is always wind and most often a crosswind.

1. Fly the estimated heading with a small allowance for drift until the target come in range.

2. Watch the rate of decrease in the range...It will be fairly quick at first...You get a reading change on the range every time you key M for map and again to come out of map.

3. Watch for the rate of decrease in range to slow down...This indicates that you approaching "ABEAM" the target...Press M frequently at this stage and when it comes up with the same range as last time then assume your are ABEAM.

4. Although you know that you are abeam, you don't know whether the target is to Left or Right but you may have rough idea in your head because of various factors like wind etc. Anyway, without wasting any time TURN quickly for 90 degrees (it is convenient at this stage to roll out on one of the Eight Main compass points that is close to the 90 degrees like N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W, or NW).

5. The moment you roll out, press M to get a new range...If it is increasing then you turned the wrong way and you need to turn 180 degrees in the same direction (left or right) as the first turn. When you roll out of that turn on a main compass point press M for map again and you will see the range is now decreasing.

6. Keep checking the range to assess the rate of decrease and to see that rate slow down as you approach ABEAM again.

7. If the target does not "Ping" before your range rate stops at ABEAM then repeat the procedure with another 90 degree turn and a check for range increase or decrease to show TOWARDS or AWAY and if necessary make the correcting 180 degree turn make it TOWARDS.

8. You should now be on the final run in unless the target visibility of this particular Aerocache has been deliberately set to a very small number. So expect this time for the "Ping" to sound and the "Indicator" arrow to show to left or right...Bank over to follow the arrow.

9. If you have been flying in raised spot view from behind the aircraft, which is a convenient way to view scenery, then you may want to click once more on your stick "View" button and this will put you in the trail position directly behind and on the same level as your aircraft...This is a safer way to dive at a ground target while viewing outside, but you may want to click a few more time to get back into the cockpit, which is more realistic but boring for Video