Proposing an IRON MAN question!

[mav316]

Be honest what is your threshold for doing a flight on FS9 with no audio or visual aides? In other words .. How far can you fly without listening to music or watching a video during the flight?

My bar is at 200 miles max over land with things to look at! (if I am flying over an ocean with nothing to see for miles that tolerance drops to 150 miles max)

We are talking about you and the sound of the engines for excessive periods of time. How long is it before you just get bored?

I just wanted to know where I stand amongst the community, I know real pilots that use FS9 must have a higher level of tolerance for this! I want to know who our IRON MAN is!

[arcueil]

About four or five hours, over any terrain... with no acceleration.

[mav316]

About four or five hours, over any terrain... with no acceleration.

Is that with or without the auto-pilot engaged (getting up to get something to drink or something to munch on - guess I should have mentioned that to. I am talking about flying with the auto-pilot off and doing a manual flight while observing your sorroundings!)

-mav

[arcueil]

Completely manual would be about 1.5 hours.

[mav316]

Completely manual would be about 1.5 hours.

nice... Hats off to you man! Cant wait to hear how everyone clocks in! I think that 200 mile limit for me depends on what i fly! If its in a ATR72 just cant do it, too slow! But same flight in a Boeing 777 and I can rock!

[DHC120]

During the MacRoberson Race, I flew a Boeing 247.. a pre DC-3 era twin-engine plane (aka: Slow).
One of the legs I flew was from Athens (LGAT) to Baghdad (ORBS), non-stop, a distance of 1036.3 nm in Six Hours Nine Minutes.
I did another leg from Baghdad to Agra, India (VIAG), also non-stop.. a distance of 1552.8nm, in Nine Hours Forty-Three Minutes.. but I crashed during the landing. VIAG is barely lit at night (it took four passes to find it and sorta get lined-up) and I was "low and outside for a ball" when my left wing clipped a light standard.
Interestingly, the little Boeing still had about half of the 1350 gallons of fuel remaining.. The bird has some legs on her ;-}
We were allowed to use the Sperry Auto Pilot (and '30's era Nav Aids), which means you can fly "hands off" for a few minutes before you have to adjust course and altitude. No music, no "in flight movies", (we are the pilots, after all, unlike those real world airline pilots playing with their laptops, the only "game" I "played" was FS9). Now, I did fiddle with my (then) newly acquired E6B Flight Calculator in an effort to learn how to use it properly, but that's it..
My problem with long flights isn't boredom, it's hip, shoulder, back and neck pain (lotta old broken bones, not to mention old age)... besides, my butt gets sore ;-}

[mav316]

My problem with long flights isn't boredom, it's hip, shoulder, back and neck pain (lotta old broken bones, not to mention old age)... besides, my butt gets sore ;-}

Lmao, All that in one sitting! man I know my butt would be sore doing a flight like that on a sim! I am speachless and I admire your dedication to the hobby! You make me feel old I really need to get butt in gear!