> > Also, has anyone actually managed to fly a 747 from Europe to the US
> > or the other way round? I just tried that, and first of all, I found
> > it hard to get to a decent altitude (the autopilot keeps stalling it)
> > at a decent speed -- or is 300kt IAS at 30000ft normal for a 747? This
> > is at 90% throttle, I don't think it would go higher than that in
> > real-life flight.
>
> The 747 should climb to 40,000ft anyway. At least it does here. If you
Oh, I meant "higher" to refer to the throttle, not altitude. I know
FL300 is too low for long-haul flights, but I would have thought that
you don't need more than 90% throttle during cruise. Are you saying
that the 747-400 maintains 100% throttle from take-off through to
about mid-cruise?
> The 747 is configured for 50% on the tanks, so you'll have to up that for
> five hour flights. Look in the Aircraft-yasim directory. Note that you'll
> have to burn some off in order to make altitude if you fill the tanks 100%.
Thanks for that. With full tanks and constant 100% throttle, I get
pretty much what I expect. Also, the plane is now much more like the
real thing during takeoff. I'm still not quite sure whether the model
would be capable of a 14-hour flight like the real aircraft. I'll have
to try...
Andras
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