Left Lozuvatka, Ukraine for Simferopol on yet another leg of the world tour. Everything started out ok, untill about 150 miles from my destination when number 1 engine began causing me grief.

At about 70 miles, it got so bad I had to shut her down and make a single engine approach. Not the easiest thing to do in the FANDA!

As the pictures show, I made it. Now to hose the passenger compartment down... Smells bad back there!

Nice landing

I can't shut them down after I landed let alone while in flight.....More practice...More practice.
I can't even get the ILS to pick up...More practice...
Other than that things are going great,just landed in Winnipeg

Well, after a couple of bad starts with the Fanda, I'm starting to get the hang of it. I hope...

This was taken this evening, on my way to Thunder Bay in the setting sun....

http://members.shaw.ca/mooseshaw/images/Fanda2.jpg



A question for you Keith. I am assuming you use FSNav? Will it slave to the Fanda autopilot? I click "Fly Flightplan" in FSNav, and it don't....fly the flight plan, that is....

Is there a trick I'm missing? Having FSNav fly the plane isn't necessary, I guess, but sure handy from time to time!

Cheers


(Edited by Dave Shaw at 10:14 pm on Mar. 14, 2004)

No FSNav Dave. It doesn't work with the Fanda.

Cheers Bill

Thanks Bill. Oh well, no biggie.

Just handy if ya gotta step away for a few minutes to break up fighting kids, run to the little pilots room, that sorta stuff.

Cheers....

Dave, if you're using the lastest version of the FANDA, it does have an FMS on it. It will give you lateral Nav anyway.

Once I'm level and trimmed out (85% torque, props at 900 RPM) the FMS will basically fly the route, and so long as no one touches the throttles it'll plod along nicely while I beat my children....

Really, the hardest thing about flying the FANDA is the landing. Tip: 110 knot approach with flaps at 15 (Props should be at maximum in case of go-around and torque will be around 15%). Pull back and flare at about 50 feet on the radar alt, letting your speed bleed to 100 or so, then pull back power just a smidgen (don't want the props to go into the BETA range, or you fall in a hurry). She'll settle down nicely with about 2 to 3 degrees nose up and no bouncing.

If you did it right, your elevator trim indicator should be in the takeoff range. If it isn't, you came in too fast and steep.... (From what I'm told, this is how the real dash drivers do it).

Thanks Keith...

My first couple of flights (into Yorkton and Winnipeg) were interesting.

My first try into Yorkton I pulled the throttles too far and to early and made a fairly spectacular crater just before the threshold. Second try I bounced pretty good.

In Winnipeg I over-compensated. YWG tower was on-line, and he must have wondered if I was landing outside the airport fence, but I made it.

Dryden went not bad....a little bounce. Thunder Bay was pretty good.

We'll see how it goes coming into the 'Soo and North Bay.

Cheers!

Heh heh... I had a pretty long landing (once! (grin))

Our own Jonathan Bjornson was working Halifax ATC and his post landing taxi instructions to me were "take it left on Highway 102 and ..... "

I near peed myself I was laughing so hard.

Cheers!

Gary

departure from Kathmandu Nepal enroute to Putao Myanmar. Couldn't resist a wee detour over to see the 'big guy' - Mt Everest. This shot was taken at FL270 and climbing -- shortly thereafter got a main cabin pressurization warning -- managed to find a pass and descended back down to FL250.

Ken Greenwood
CVA Halifax

Well i am back home from sea again. I am looking forward to flying o/l again . I will be starting at essb ,were i left off . I will have to stop over in Gottenburs Sweden to see my old apartment but i will then fly to Russia .I did a lot of flying on the ships computer but i miss o/l flying . The Chief Engineer walked by and seen me flying came in and watched for a while . (he lives a mile from me .) then infoemed me he has his private pilots lic. but has never seen f/s2002 0r 04 . i showed him how to start it up and some of a/c (pss dash -8 ) piper400 , it was a job to get him off the computer after that . he is allso interested in vca . . i will have him over on a wed. night to watch a multi so he can see how its done . he may get into it him self .I know that i will be talking to him a lot of flying real time .
Terry CVA44T (can never have too much runway or ram )

longest leg yet of the round-the-world tour
RCTP Chaing Kai Chek Int'l Taipei to RJBB Kansai Int'l Osaka
tested the endurance of the Dash8 - landed with 14 gallons of fuel - leg length was 918 nms and time enroute was 4.2 hrs

Ken Greenwood
CVA Halifax

I've made it to CYYR Goose Bay.Whew!!!Have to keep on top of it on t/o and landings..Is there a way to turn off the sound on the Fanda Dash 8? It gets a little aggrevating if and when there is ATC to have to listen to the engine noise....

14 gallons Ken? Nice work. You're way ahead of me. I haven't been able to get in the air for over a week...

Sorry, Brian. All the sounds on the FANDA are controlled from the gauges, not the simulator itself, so I'm afraid there is no mute. I think there is a way to turn the sounds down, I'll get back to you on that.

Feather the engines - noice goes away.

Cheers Bill