Greenland was easy to figure out thanks to Wikepedia
They are all nicely displayed on the map.
I switched mice to one with a working scroll wheel, huge upgrade for FS2020 since now I can zoom in and actually use the world map! (You can’t map VFR / World map zoom to anything else)
I’m still trying to catch up with these posts to where I am currently, in Riga, Estonia. When the sun comes up again (about 10pm my time) I’ll be heading towards Minsk and Chernobyl.
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A little side project I did while doing long distances over Siberia where detail is severely lacking, estimating fuel use for the Bonanza at different heights.
It’s all with full throttle varying the angle of the propeller blades while letting the game choose the best mixture (auto mixture), flying level for 15 minutes or so then checking how much fuel was consumed. Since the wind is always max 3 knots (until the patch) the ground speed shouldn’t be too far off. nmpg is Nautical Miles per Gallon, dunno if that’s an actual term
The odd thing that stands out, at 2,500 ft, setting the propeller to the lowest RPM makes the plane go faster. (Ground speed was the same since the measurements were taken in opposite directions)
2.5K ft 100% prop 159 IAS 164 GS 43F 20.90 gallons per hour 7.85 nmpg
2.5K ft 90% prop 154 IAS 159 GS 43F 19.08 gallons per hour 8.33 nmpg
2.5K ft 80% prop 151 IAS 157 GS 43F 18.30 gallons per hour 8.58 nmpg
2.5k ft 70% prop 157 IAS 157 GS 44F 18.85 gallons per hour 8.33 nmpg
5k ft 100% prop 151 IAS 162 GS 33F 18.88 gallons per hour 8.58 nmpg
5k ft 90% prop 147 IAS 157 GS 32F 17.29 gallons per hour 9.08 nmpg
5K ft 80% prop 143 IAS 152 GS 39F 16.57 gallons per hour 9.17 nmpg
7.5K ft 100% prop 143 IAS 159 GS 22F 16.88 gallons per hour 9.42 nmpg
7.5K ft 90% prop 136 IAS 153 GS 30F 15.64 gallons per hour 9.78 nmpg
7.5K ft 80% prop 133 IAS 148 GS 28F 14.97 gallons per hour 9.89 nmpg
10k ft 100% prop 132 IAS 154 GS 23F 15.34 gallons per hour 10.04 nmpg
10K ft 90% prop 128 IAS 150 GS 23F 14.12 gallons per hour 10.62 nmpg
10K ft 80% prop 124 IAS 146 GS 23F 12.63 gallons per hour 11.56 nmpg
11k ft 100% prop 128 IAS 152 GS 16F 14.70 gallons per hour 10.34 nmpg
11K ft 90% prop 123 IAS 147 GS 16F 13.59 gallons per hour 10.82 nmpg
11K ft 80% prop 121 IAS 145 GS 19F 13.04 gallons per hour 11.12 nmpg
12K ft 100% prop 125 IAS 151 GS 16F 14.16 gallons per hour 10.66 nmpg
12K ft 90% prop 121 IAS 146 GS 16F 13.12 gallons per hour 11.13 nmpg
12K ft 80% prop 118 IAS 143 GS 16F 12.42 gallons per hour 11.51 nmpg
13K ft 100% prop 121 IAS 149 GS 12F 13.58 gallons per hour 10.98 nmpg
13K ft 90% prop 117 IAS 144 GS 12F 12.56 gallons per hour 11.46 nmpg
13K ft 80% prop 114 IAS 141 GS 12F 12.19 gallons per hour 11.57 nmpg
14K ft 100% prop 118 IAS 147 GS 9F 12.95 gallons per hour 11.35 nmpg
14K ft 90% prop 113 IAS 141 GS 9F 12.04 gallons per hour 11.71 nmpg
14K ft 80% prop 110 IAS 138 GS 9F 11.67 gallons per hour 11.82 nmpg
15K ft 100% prop 114 IAS 145 GS 5F 12.40 gallons per hour 11.69 nmpg
15k ft 90% prop 108 IAS 138 GS 5F 11.08 gallons per hour 12.45 nmpg
15K ft 80% prop 104 IAS 133 GS 5F 11.04 gallons per hour 12.05 nmpg
16K ft 100% prop 110 IAS 142 GS 1F 11.80 gallons per hour 12.03 nmpg
16K ft 90% prop 104 IAS 135 GS 1F 11.03 gallons per hour 12.24 nmpg
16K ft 80% prop 99 IAS 129 GS 1F 10.69 gallons per hour 12.07 nmpg
17K ft 100% prop 105 IAS 138 GS -1F 11.32 gallons per hour 12.19 nmpg
17K ft 90% prop 98 IAS 129 GS -1F 10.50 gallons per hour 12.29 nmpg
17K ft 80% prop STALL ---------------------------------
18K ft 100% prop 100 IAS 134 GS -5F 10.76 gallons per hour 12.45 nmpg
18K ft 90% prop STALL ---------------------------------
18K ft 80% prop STALL ---------------------------------
Anyway, higher is always better for fuel economy. However the Bonanza can’t reach its listed ceiling height of 18.5k ft and only got to 18K using slew mode.