Team AVSIM / Modern GA / Grumman Goose

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Great Ozzie

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Making the leap...

I have the Baton, Mildenhall AB :unitedkingdom: to Ferihegy, Budapest :hungary: (EGUN-LHBP)

Using Active Sky Advanced Weather Engine
 
Well... for some reason after leveling off at 6000' I "crashed". The autopilot was on from shortly after take-off and I was watching the airspeed (about halfway into the yellow arc and essentially no turbulence). Not sure why this occurred as Duenna shows no overspeed. :confused:

Baton Time 23:30:01 :confused:
 
Rob

That happened to me in the last RTWR

The Default FSX Goose does not like to be flown on the edge. It will over stress in flight very easily.

Dave
 
Nice gentle flight taking care at wind shifts :) Landed safely RWY 15R . 1st Checkpoint reached .

piccies :- Goose having a "Turkish Bath" before departure from LTAD

Heading off to Baghdad and Arriving at Baghdad
 
Dangerousdave26 said:
Rob

That happened to me in the last RTWR

The Default FSX Goose does not like to be flown on the edge. It will over stress in flight very easily.

Dave
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Hi Dave...
Are you referring to slightly exceeding Vne (or I guess too bumping up against Vne)? In testing, I found it very easy to overspeed (crash) the Goose when descending below 5000' or so...

But the identical flight minutes after that crashed one, I (Max KIAS) was actually faster, and the 2nd on the 18th, Max KIAS nearly identical to the crashed speed. All roughly middle of the yellow arc.

I'm thinking it had more to do with a supposed Baton Time of 23hrs 30min. (Also, there was "fluke" during my pre-flight with ASA and FSX that I ignored before that doomed flight, which I won't if it ever occurs again).
 
Taking the Baton from Samungli, Quetta :pakistan: to Allahabad Bamrauli :india: (OPQT-VIAL)

Flight Departure delayed due to Icing (really! on the evaporator of my "air cooler" )
 
Safely Released the Baton at Allahabad Bamrauli :india: (VIAL)

With visibility 1sm in Haze, the SirGalahad "NDB Approach-On-A-Napkin" was nice to have.
 
Two pics enroute to Allahabad / VIAL

● Indian Sunrise... lots of haze below.
● Final to Rwy 12 VIAL off the made-up NDB Approach... VASI and Rwy Threshold lights are barely visible.

● A Goose Racing to Greet the Sun (over Romania?).

● Landing Quetta :pakistan: (OPQT) Altimeter is off just 3100+ feet. And I am not quite comfortable with the PAPI at this point either.
 
Great Ozzie said:
Hi Dave...
Are you referring to slightly exceeding Vne (or I guess too bumping up against Vne)? In testing, I found it very easy to overspeed (crash) the Goose when descending below 5000' or so...

But the identical flight minutes after that crashed one, I (Max KIAS) was actually faster, and the 2nd on the 18th, Max KIAS nearly identical to the crashed speed. All roughly middle of the yellow arc.

I'm thinking it had more to do with a supposed Baton Time of 23hrs 30min. (Also, there was "fluke" during my pre-flight with ASA and FSX that I ignored before that doomed flight, which I won't if it ever occurs again).
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Actually for me is was an aircraft overstressed in level flight.

Situation was a flight in Alaska I was running it wide open (in classic RTWR style) and it got very bumpy before the start of the descent. I hit one too many little bounces and it over stressed.

It probably would not have done that if I was not riding the limits for so long.
 
Taking the Baton from Allahabad Bamrauli :india: to Coco Island :myanmar: (VIAL-VYCI)

Either what you said Dave, or my gut feeling about flying the Goose in the yellow arc (or both :p: ) has me backing off to treat the top of the green/beginning of the yellow arc as red line. I tell myself if turbine engines were hung on it, Vne would be the top of the green arc anyway... so what's a few knots to keep the thing in one piece. :icon_lol:
 
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