Your Longest Flight

[Lobo_63]

Only about 1 hour 40 in this sim. My flight seat can get rather uncomfortable after the hour mark. IRL I did a 15.3 in 2006 which required three trips to the tanker:doh:

 

I tried to find a salute smilie... but there ain't one. So <S> there. :thumbup:

[kra961]

I was coming up on 2 hour's the sun was burning through the windscreen I remember thinking I was thirsty it had been a long flight. Suddenly there was a massively loud crashing sound behind me scared the hell out me honestly.

 

I turned to find my girl friend standing behind me saying you either eject now or I do, so I did the noble thing, I asked her to be a good girl and go get me a beer. The Flight didn't last much longer after that. :(

[lobo]

A very interesting question re the DCS A-10C

 

With the ferry range listed in various sources as 2240 nm I was curious to see what the sim could do non-stop, with no in flight refueling. I started out with full fuel, no weps, and 3 external 600 gallon fuel tanks. Zero wind conditions.

 

Climb to altitude was slooow. Step climbed higher as fuel was burned and weight decreased. Adjusted airspeed to achieve an AoA between max range and max endurance, as shown on the AoA indicator. Jettisoned external tanks as they ran dry. (although I messed up with the center tank... releasing it while it still had some fuel in it.)

 

At FL350 with external tanks gone and fuel remaining at approx 4000lbs, I was able to get the fuel burn down to 2000lbs/hr (total). As weight decreased I was able to reduce power and fuel burn. I did not try any higher than FL350. At 7 hours 30 minutes into the flight, both fuel low level caution lights came on with approx. 1000 lbs fuel remaining.

 

On landing the total flight time 8 hours and 1 minute. Average fuel burn over the 8 hour flight was 2625 lbs/hr. Consumed approx 21000 lbs fuel, with 300 Lbs remaining on landing. At an average g/s of approx. 305 kts. I calculate the total distance covered in this flight at approx 2440 nm.

 

...and no, I will NOT be doing that again. :music_whistling:

Edited November 22, 2011 by lobo**

[FreeFall]

^^ Nice story! :thumbup:

[Krunkskimo]

A very interesting question re the DCS A-10C

 

With the ferry range listed in various sources as 2240 nm I was curious to see what the sim could do non-stop, with no in flight refueling. I started out with full fuel, no weps, and 3 external 600 gallon fuel tanks. Zero wind conditions.

 

Climb to altitude was slooow. Step climbed higher as fuel was burned and weight decreased. Adjusted airspeed to achieve an AoA between max range and max endurance, as shown on the AoA indicator. Jettisoned external tanks as they ran dry. (although I messed up with the center tank... releasing it while it still had some fuel in it.)

 

At FL350 with external tanks gone and fuel remaining at approx 4000lbs, I was able to get the fuel burn down to 2000lbs/hr (total). As weight decreased I was able to reduce power and fuel burn. I did not try any higher than FL350. At 7 hours 30 minutes into the flight, both fuel low level caution lights came on with approx. 1000 lbs fuel remaining.

 

On landing the total flight time 8 hours and 1 minute. Average fuel burn over the 8 hour flight was 2625 lbs/hr. Consumed approx 21000 lbs fuel, with 300 Lbs remaining on landing. At an average g/s of approx. 305 kts. I calculate the total distance covered in this flight at approx 2440 nm.

 

...and no, I will NOT be doing that again. :music_whistling:

 

That would make a for an intersting MP challenge.