Round the world in a X Cub

JSTK3N · December 14, 2020, 12:44pm

The xCub has an AP.

EricC97123 · December 14, 2020, 2:10pm

Only had one flight longer than the fuel range so I landed in a beach and put in 5 gallons to make it the rest of the way. There is a pic in my thread somewhere of a real cub doing the same thing in real life. Bush pilots will carry an extra jerry can or two. I did not try to fly New Zealand. I did fly in New Zealand but in a TBM.

EricC97123 · December 14, 2020, 10:38pm

On towards my last stop in Myanmar, Sittwe (VYSW)

EricC97123 · December 14, 2020, 11:45pm

Dawn is soon approaching Screenshot (602)

EricC97123 · December 15, 2020, 12:00am

Nice to see runway lights and ground crew to guide me in

EricC97123 · December 15, 2020, 11:46pm

short flight to Cox’s Bazar airport (VGCB) in Bangladesh

EricC97123 · December 16, 2020, 12:40am

Nice flight, now we can see what kind of night life this place.

Siewmengtan · December 16, 2020, 2:36pm

Hi Eric,

To clarify, that means that if my Cessna is not able to land between Tasmania and Auckland (there are no beaches or island to land, it’s just all water), it is just not possible to use the Cessna, correct?

If this is so, that means realistically, it is not possible to do a round the world trip to certain countries, due to constraints of the refueling for a small plane, if there are not landing spots?

Thanks.

regards,

EricC97123 · December 16, 2020, 3:01pm

If you want to keep it realistic that is correct but you could add more fuel by saying you added ferry tanks or fly to Tasmania and the do another trip in New Zealand, saying your plane was taken by ship there. It is your trip, do want you want, no one is going to yell at you.

Siewmengtan · December 16, 2020, 3:33pm

Thanks Eric, I am trying to keep it as real as possible. Looks like I am taking a boat to Auckland.

EricC97123 · December 17, 2020, 11:19pm

Off to Comilla (VGCM)

EricC97123 · December 18, 2020, 12:14am

View from 3000 ft

EricC97123 · December 18, 2020, 12:28am

Some call it an airport, others a dirt road.

SvenZ · December 18, 2020, 9:47am

There apparently is an ‘exploit’ where you can extend the range by leaning the fuel beyond minimum. After doing a lot of testing I can extend the range of the Bonanza from 920nm to over 1700nm on one tank, however it will take 17 hours to fly that far.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/mapping-the-performance-of-the-beechcraft-bonanza-g36/332575

However even by leaning within reasonable parameters you can still extend the range.

(Mixture setting on the horizontal axis vs nautical miles per gallon)

While this applies to the Bonanza, it’s likely all prop plane engines behave the same in the sim. With auto mixture the sim chooses the power zone, 30% at 12K ft for the Bonanza. Leaning to 20% is still within realistic parameters, trading speed for range.

In real life you risk overheating the engine, however in game there seems to be no risk.