Morning All'
For those of you who like challenging bush strips, I have just tried the following. Manfred Jahn's marvellous DC3 (V3), from Cordova (PACV) to Middleton Island (PAMD) 500lbs Below M.T.O.W. Weather at PAMD (from FSX "Actual") Wind 308/28, gusting 37, vis-greater than 50k, temp-2C, D.P.-13C, QNH 29.83in. Rwys at PAMD 01/19-4178ft, 12/30-1594ft. All rwys are gravel, with significant up and down slopes. Ldg weight at PAMD below max, but Xwind component exceeded on 01/19. Therefore landing on 30 was only option. I have FSX Gold edition (without ORBX Southern Alaska, as I'm trying to save some disk space). Eye candy is some freight, and elderly Land Rover, a telephone box, and some perimeter cones. Landing from the South, touch-down was almost on the cones, slowing to taxi speed within the first 500ft, with moderate breaking. This however put me at the crest of the runway, on the significant downslope. Turning around to taxi back to parking was an exercise in frustration, as if you got off the gravel in the turn, the apparent slope on each side of the very narrow gravel strip is quite marked. Bags of assymetric power, and brakes eventually did the trick!! The CHT's remained in the green, despite having to use almost take-off power settings to turn. The take off on the return was almost anti-climactic. With that wind, holding on the brakes, power up to 30in M.P. before brakes release, passed through 80knots
For those of you who like challenging bush strips, I have just tried the following. Manfred Jahn's marvellous DC3 (V3), from Cordova (PACV) to Middleton Island (PAMD) 500lbs Below M.T.O.W. Weather at PAMD (from FSX "Actual") Wind 308/28, gusting 37, vis-greater than 50k, temp-2C, D.P.-13C, QNH 29.83in. Rwys at PAMD 01/19-4178ft, 12/30-1594ft. All rwys are gravel, with significant up and down slopes. Ldg weight at PAMD below max, but Xwind component exceeded on 01/19. Therefore landing on 30 was only option. I have FSX Gold edition (without ORBX Southern Alaska, as I'm trying to save some disk space). Eye candy is some freight, and elderly Land Rover, a telephone box, and some perimeter cones. Landing from the South, touch-down was almost on the cones, slowing to taxi speed within the first 500ft, with moderate breaking. This however put me at the crest of the runway, on the significant downslope. Turning around to taxi back to parking was an exercise in frustration, as if you got off the gravel in the turn, the apparent slope on each side of the very narrow gravel strip is quite marked. Bags of assymetric power, and brakes eventually did the trick!! The CHT's remained in the green, despite having to use almost take-off power settings to turn. The take off on the return was almost anti-climactic. With that wind, holding on the brakes, power up to 30in M.P. before brakes release, passed through 80knots
