> Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:29:49 +0100 > From: Sid Boyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Tutorial - Flight between 2 airports > To: FlightGear user discussions <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Buchanan, Stuart wrote: > >>I think any $100 hamburgere flight would be best > >>done > >>from airports in the standard scenery set, to save > >>additional download. I'm starting to write one from > >>Reid-Hillview (KRHV) to Livermore (KLVK). I'm hoping > >>to include ATC and auto-pilot instructions so it > >>fits > >>in nicely with Eric's great tutorial. > > > > > > It took a bit longer than I expected, but I've now > > finished a cross-country tutorial from KRHV to KLVK. > > > > Take a look here: > > > > http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/tutorial.html > > > > The idea is to provide a follow-on from Eric's > > tutorial covering things like the pattern, mixture, > > radios, ATIS, ATC. Unfortunately having not > > encountered these in real life, my knowledge is a bit > > patchy. I'd really appreciate any comments. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Stuart > > > >
Excellent tutorial, amazing actually for a non-pilot. Well-written and fun to read. > On the missed approach - apply full power and when you have a > positive rate of climb (to avoid loss of height), retract flaps. > Climb out should also be on the dead side, climb to circuit height > and turn to rejoin the circuit pattern. Regards Sid. Some suggestions: 1) it's "retract flaps to 10 degrees" in a C172 because 10 degrees does provide lift and going to 0 degrees could still cause sink. 2) since you're doing a x-country, you could add tuning in a VOR (or 2). 3) Also just delete this paragraph: "If for some reason it looks like you're going to mess up the landing, you can either take advantage of the fact that this isn't real life, hustle the plane down, touch down half-way down the runway with one wheel on the grass and use the brakes to bleed off 60kts of speed (well, that's what usually happens to me...), or " 4) The mixture explanation is pretty good, though I don't remember a 172 having fuel flow or egt gauges. I would suggest adding an explanation of cruising at a power setting (like 65%) using the C172 manual power table to select the best power setting (RPM and mixture) for cruise. 5) You might want to talk about carb heat, since it could be an issue on non-fuel injected engines in older 172s. even in Northern California if the humidity is high enough. 6) might want to lean on the ground while taxiing too to prevent spark plug fouling and rough operation 7) rich in the pattern for safety and decreasing DA reasons only at low DA airports -- James, CP-ASEL-IA _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
