Before I go to bed I usually want to end my flightsim session with a short familiar flight where I don’t have to read charts, think about descent profile etc.
My choice of flight is always TNCM-TFFJ (St Martin-St Barts) in either the Twin Otter or the BN2 Islander. It’s short, beautiful and exciting due to the unusual approach to runway 10. Every landing is different and if you get it right you get a satisfying feeling before turning off the sim.
What’s your typical “comfort flight”? Is it circling your hometown, one of the landing challenges or something else?
That sounds awesome. I used to fly the H135 around Los Angeles and land on every skyscraper in the city. Yes, they all have legit helipads! I’m normally a TrackIR guy but I think VR is a must when flying helicopters. It’s just so much easier.
VR and head tracking are 2 complete different beasts. In VR you see everything in 3D and you’re actually in the cockpit. It’s hard to explain. You really should try it sometime
I do have VR! I mostly prefer TrackIR due to ease of use and superior graphics but as you said VR is more immersive and it makes flying helicopters much easier
Either some New Guinea mountain strips in the MV Porter, or a loop, roll, hammerhead, and nice curving slip to a landing at a little grass strip somewhere in the Stearman. That has to be the funnest 10 bucks I’ve ever spent in a sim. Is it perfect? Of course not… but it’s REALLY good, and 10 bucks!
Recently I have been flying around Kos and the Greek islands in VR. Sunsets are magical. There is always something to amaze me in MSFS especially in VR. I keep intending to get to the Caribbean again but I cant find the motivation to get across from Europe to the US… I know I can just set it up but I like all my flights to connect with the one previously. Bit OCD I know! Anyway thanks for posting this nice topic.
Fly safe
John
I live in the USA, but for a while every 3 to 6 months I went to South Africa, and then I actually lived there for a half year. I haven’t been there in like 6 years now, but there are things that I miss. So my comfort flight is to fly from either Pretoria or Johannesburg and fly down to Bloemfontein.
Absolutely the best cheap airplane in the sim! Perfect for VFR flights where you have to follow roads, powerlines and rivers since it has no GPS or VOR and the visibility is great!
“Landing” is not the right word, it was more a controlled crash
I am very bad at hand-flying small planes…
But Rick was satiesfied because he know that driving or flying around with his computer in the baggage can be harmful for the hardware, that´s why the heavy CPU-cooler and the graphics card are always removed - so no damage happened during the rough landing.
He is already in his cottage finishing the wastewater facility area of his Resident Evil 3 overhaul, and I rented a hotel until the broken gear and bent propellers are replaced.
Meanwhile me… before I go to bed… I ‘start’ an 8-10 hour flight. Then once airborne and following the nav flight plan. I leave my PC and go to bed… The next morning I should be on time for a descent, approach and land the aircraft. And I screen record the entire flight so I can replay and review it later. That’s my comfort flight.
My Oregon comfort flight: 7S3 Stark’s Twin Oaks (small airfield outside Portland) to KDLS Columbia Gorge Regional / The Dalles – go around the big KPDX airspace, then over/through the beautiful Columbia River Gorge and past Mount Hood.
