How to fly a jet -- any jet

KEYkeypr · 11-19-2002, 01:53 AM

Ok, I'm a FS newbie that's been working my way through the flight lessons in FS2002. Just finished up my Commercial Pilot checkride (Yeah, ME!) and thought I'd play around a little bit with the Learjet. Up till now, everything that I flew was prop-based.

Is it just me, or are jets totally different? I know they are faster, but the whole thing feels way different.

I glanced at the lessons for Air Transport Pilot, but they seem to cover how to do VOR approaches, ILS approaches, etc. Will they actually teach me how to FLY the jet? Or could somebody point me to any material that would give me some useful pointers?

Thanks,

Kenton

mikeymcc · 11-19-2002, 02:05 AM

Kenton,

I'm running some backups and have nothing but time on my hands till that stuff is done. Would you like an interactive lesson right now via the forum?

Mike McCarthy

mikeymcc · 11-19-2002, 03:33 AM

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Nov-19-02 AT 03:34AM (EST)[/font][p]The following is not a joke:

You know what folks?

This makes me feel like a complete idiot. I've actually been checking for his response! For the entire time since I did my initial reply!

But of course there isn't one. His Majesty, having issued the Royal Edict, has gone off to the dance, to gavotte with the pretty ladies while Cinder-Mikey sits at home clicking "Refresh".

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The following also is not a joke, though some may laugh anyway. (No charge, because the laughs will be at His Majesty's expense.) ...

I think this clown ought to clean up his act.

In fact, I think he ought to be ... Simonized.

Mike McCarthy

**Falcon_20_Freight_Dog** · 11-19-2002, 05:20 AM

Power levers forward to go,
Power levers back to stop.

**Av8ist** · 11-19-2002, 05:30 AM

just take it up and play with it...all planes fly their own special way...that's all i did, i just take plaes up and play with them til i get the hang of them

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catalinaflyer · 11-19-2002, 06:51 AM

Actually Freight Dog:
Power levers forward........wait, I here them spooling........wait, here we are starting to get some push.........wait, heres some more noise.......now we finally go!

I have done some transition training with pilots from piston twins to King Air's and they all suffer from exactly the same thing (btw, I'm sure I was just as bad when I first flew a kerosene burner)they do not anticipate the need for additional power and therefore are always a little late with it and wind up with a really hard bounce. King Air's are bad with the lag between power lever and actual power but the Learjet is worse.

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**rara_bb** · 11-19-2002, 06:57 AM

I don�t see your point, Mike - Kenton posted his request, you posted an answer 10 minutes later, and one and a half hour later, you complain. Did it come to your mind that Kenton didn�t know that you were waiting?
To me, it seems perfectly normal to post a request like Kenton�s and look for the result some 24 hours later.

BEn

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mikeymcc · 11-19-2002, 07:08 AM

BEn,

That is entirely possible ... Make a post around midnight and plan to wait 24 hours before getting an answer to the question which he put to the forum so breathlessly ... Yes, I must admit that it is possible.

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Now ... If I may be permitted to quote loosely from one of the prosecution witnesses in the O.J. trial ...

"Is (whatever) possible? Yes, it's POSSIBLE. It is also possible that tomorrow all the pigs in the USA will grow wings and fly to Los Angeles."

Mike
(The witness truly did say that -- I was watching.)
McCarthy