Beginning of the 8+hr Tour LFBD to KSEA...15NMs out...CTD

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Leaving France to FL400

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Next land mass Greenland
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Greenland ahead…
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Leaving Greenland behind
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Approaching Caribou River Park Reserve
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And through Edmonton
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15 NM out from end …CTD…lucky me! 1st time that has ever happened.

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:slight_smile: I flew a brand-new 737 from the factory in Renton to France once (in another sim of course), it was a lot of fun… Have a nice flight !

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It is a welcome diversion…feeling a tad under the weather today. This helps! TY

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I have done quiet a few Long Haul flights already on the B747-8, but today it was my first try at LFBD to KSEA, using ILS 16L, and guess what, I also got my very first CTD, just under 240NM of KSEA.

I was approaching YVR from LONRO, and thought I request a decrease in altitude, from FL420 to FL320, to save a bit of time in the descend which comes fast right after YVR, the ATC approved the request, then as I switched instrument views to enter the new altitude, descend rate, etc. and Poof! CTD :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

Almost nine hours (actually 8h20min as per the FS Logbook) of flight gone into the bit bucket! A quick search on the forums, it seems like this route is “haunted” by a lot of CTDs. Coincidence? Most probably it is.

I will try again some other time, I might give the Salty version of the B747-8 a try, it might bring me some luck next time I try to complete this achievement.

Happy flying!

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Never did a long haul before. Big let down at the end. Never get CTDs. And usually run high end to ultra. Here because of the flight and forum back story, I gave it a chance at medium graphics setting. Whatever the bug is, not worth it. At 67 yrs old, I’m working on premium time! :rofl::rofl:. Obviously there is a Bermuda Triangle effect going on that is not my problem. Again…I never get CTDs. But I love the sim and have a great time every day with no problems. Have fun yourself, Segnor. :+1::+1:

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@Rozellespi, I must agree with you, time is always at a premium :wink:

I actually tried the Salty 747-8 with a 7h+ flight, EDDM to CYUL, and I was quite impressed with the smooth final approach, and soft touch down into snowy Montréal, just before midnight, which is usually pretty quiet.

I am wondering if it was actually due to my Radeon graphics software, as I had applied a patch a week ago, you know how it is, they fix 10 things and break 5 :smiley: so this time around I closed all other apps, I might have had a YouTube video running on a separate monitor at the time of the CTD :expressionless:

Having a ton of fun! :+1: :airplane:

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What was the MSFS settings used during the flight and PC specs?

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Was doing this today. Crashed about 200NM from KSEA. I was trying to setup the approach. B748 didn’t like playing with the RTE I guess. Asobo really need to work on their FMS. Also, this is the first time my flight was long enough that the Reserve and Stab fuel tanks were used. So I learned that those fuel pumps don’t actually work. I was really starting to wonder why the B748 was flying with a 5deg nose up attitude while in CRZ at FL380 and M.87.

Going to try this again some time with a more robust aircraft like the Working Title C25C. Now, should I just to magic fuel, or break it up into several legs…