Oldpropfan's Western Wanderings

Back from a weekend trip to Portland, Or, drove right through Hood River, the 2nd stop on this wander through the West. Guess now it's time to actually fly this leg, hope the wind isn't blowing as hard as it was this evening when I drove by there. Weather was moving into Portland also as I left, will be interesting to see what I run into ( not literally I'm hoping, alot of hard basalt around that area ).

Departing Bowerman (KHQM) for Ken Jernstedt (4S2).
 
Arrived (barely) at 4S2, Ken Jernstedt. What a wild a** flight this was, had to pry the banker out of the plane, he had a death grip on the back seat arm rests. Did a bounce and go on my first approach into 4S2, came in a little high and hot, no way the brakes on this old girl were going to stop us in time. Departure weather at Bowerman was wind from 260 at 18kt gusting to 28 kt, rain, broken clouds at 800, overcast at 1300. FSRealWX did a great job representing the conditions here and throughout the flight. Landing at 4S2 was wild and woolly, wind swinging from 146 to 165 at 13 knts. The new AccuFeel really makes you work when you come down hard and unevenly on the gear, I was all over the runway trying not to ground loop and finally took to the weeds to get back under control.

Can't wait to see how the next stage goes.

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Flight time: 00:48:41

Fuel used: 73 lbs
 
Decided to do another leg, departing 4S2 for Pangborn (KEAT). Wind is howling here in south central Washington but the METAR has only 13 gusting to 16 at Pangborn, should be able to pickup a good tailwind at 6000 to 7000 ft.
 
Arrived at Felt's Field (KSFF). Uneventful flight as I heard no squeals of delight from the banker guy :icon_lol:. Not much to see either as we crossed north central Washington, vis was very hazy with only 10 to 20 miles range. Might be getting the hang of cross wind landings in the Bonanza thingy as we actually stayed mostly near the center of the runway this time :icon29:.


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Flight time: 00:45:39

Fuel used: 72 lbs
 
First we'll report the crash :icon_eek:, set the autopilot and went for a needed visit to the throne room, came back and I was in flames at the bottom of a canyon :isadizzy:. Must remember to buy depends before I fly another one of these events. While reflying the leg I hit icing conditions twice in the same area of the crash so I'm assuming that's what happened while I was occupied.

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Promptly reflew the leg and made it in successfully this time. Someone please remind me how much we are being paid to fly GA planes in IFR conditions through the mountains, I think I need a raise :icon_lol:.


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Flight time: 00:50:48

Fuel used: 69 lbs
 
Departing Kalispell (S27) for Bozeman (KBZN), hope we get there without any incidents!

edit - Just checked metar for Bozeman and it's snowing, now this should be some fun.
 
First we'll report the crash :icon_eek:, set the autopilot and went for a needed visit to the throne room, came back and I was in flames at the bottom of a canyon :isadizzy:.

lol... you poor guy... this is where you get one of your progeny and park them in front of the monitor with a "you better start yelling for me if anything looks different!".

Next time, a product you may use, if you wish to make it "as real as it gets": http://www.sportys.com/PilotShop/product/13087

-Rob O.

Edit: that reminds me of the caveat to always turn carb heat / de-ice stuff on in these GA events, prior to walking away for a few minutes.
 
Thanks for the ideas Rob but the only progeny I still have at home was up to his ears in O'chem homework and studying for an exam. About the other, don't think I want to make it quite that real :icon_lol:.

Would have turned on carb heat if I could find it on the Carenado V35B, doesn't seem to be any, did have the alt air pulled but don't know if it actually has any effect in the sim. Maybe it's FI instead of carburated?

Departing Bozeman (KBZN) for Jackson Hole (KJAC).
 
Would have turned on carb heat if I could find it on the Carenado V35B, doesn't seem to be any, did have the alt air pulled but don't know if it actually has any effect in the sim. Maybe it's FI instead of carburated?

Yes... the V35B does use an injected engine.

However, FSX operates "weirdly" in the sense all piston engines (that I am aware of) can ice up and require the use of carb heat. For example... the B58 (Baron) normally draws filtered air from "the scoop on the top of the cowling". If there is an obstruction, there is a "spring loaded door on the alternate air intake that will open automatically". Not so with the FSX Baron. Try flying the "Innsbruck Approach" Mission. The engines do" ice up" (as if there was a carb) and you will lose power during descent until flying into lower / warmer air. Hit "H" and you will restore power.

I'm not sure if pulling the alt air knob does the same as carb heat. "H" does not activate the Alt Air in the RealAir Legacy e.g.

Safest thing is to hit "H" when walking away. I've had to use "carb heat" in the Duke on a number of flights this round and the Duke uses big injected Lycs.
 
Interesting, I wonder if a FI engine would get throttle body icing instead? Assuming butterfly valves of some sort are used to control air volume to the intake manifold that could be a chock point where you could get icing. But in an aircraft engine you would also think they would have heat available to limit that, this is FSX however so the quirks are many. Thanks for the H key tip, completely forgot about that one.

Departing Jackson Hole (KJAC) for Heber (36U).
 
Interesting, I wonder if a FI engine would get throttle body icing instead? Assuming butterfly valves of some sort are used to control air volume to the intake manifold that could be a chock point where you could get icing. But in an aircraft engine you would also think they would have heat available to limit that, this is FSX however so the quirks are many. Thanks for the H key tip, completely forgot about that one.

My guess would have been anywhere in the induction system that is capable of being affected by structural type icing.

Rather than bloviate further from what tiny bit I know; two points, one from a powerplant maintenance classbook cleverly entitled "Aircraft Powerplants", the other from an AOPA Safety Advisor.

From Aircraft Powerplants by Bent / McKinley 5th Edition

"Fuel Injection systems have a number of advantages, among which are the following:

1. Freedom from vaporization icing thus making it unnecessary to use carburetor heat except under the most severe atmospheric conditions."


From AOPA's Safety Advisor - Aircraft Icing (http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/sa11.pdf)

"Fuel-injected engines have no carburetor and, therefore, no carburetor ice problem. However, when conditions are favorable for structural ice, fuel injected engines can lose power and even fail if the air filter and intake passages are blocked by ice. (This can also occur in airplanes with carburetors.) At the first sign of power loss, activate the alternate induction air door or doors. When these doors open, intake air routes through them, bypassing the ice blocked normal induction air pathway. Many alternate induction air systems activate automatically; these designs use spring-loaded doors. Suction in an ice-blocked air intake draws these alternate air doors open. Some older fuel-injected airplanes have alternate air doors that must be manually opened. Knobs or levers have to be physically moved to the open position in order for alternate air to reach the engine."

*"Fuel-injected engines have no carburetor and, therefore, no carburetor ice problem." obviously referring to the carb's venturi / method of fuel delivery and latent heat of vaporization.

(http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/sa11.pdf)

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There's a lot of great stuff to like regarding FSX... on the weird stuff, I'll ignore it (e.g. how mixture operates - I use automixture) or just let my imagination re-write what's in error ("H" for Alt Air in the Baron as this one no spring-loaded door).
 
Thanks for all the great info Rob, I'll have to look at the gauge cab of the Bonanza and see if the alt air is actually coded to activate the carb heat. But first we must continue our wanderings.

Departing Heber (36U) for Moab (KCNY).
 
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