5.3 I'm having trouble flying one of the Lear adventures.
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I ONLY FLEW MAYBE ONE OR TWO ADVENTURES (CESSNA) BEFORE. WELL LAST NIGHT I DECIDED TO TRY THE ADVENTURE FOR THE LEAR CALLED "EXECUTIVE PERKS" THE ADVENTURE STATES THAT I SHOULD FLY AT 17000 FT. WELL ABOUT THE TIME I GOT TO 14000 FT, THAT ANNOYING WOMAN STARTS TELLING ME THAT I EXCEED THE ALTITUDE AND MY ADVENTURE ENDS. I DON'T GET IT!
BTW I WONDER IF MS HIRED THAT WOMAN BECAUSE SHE HAS AN ANNOYING VOICE.
I think you are talking about the "Corporate Perks". If that was the case, may I suggest you to try it again. This time set your autopilot with 200 IAS and 2500 VS. You should not hear anything from "that annoying woman" until maybe a little bit later. As soon as you are cleared for the descent, set your autopilot to -2000 VS instead of -1800 and set your IAS to 190. Otherwise you will not be able to cross the intersection below 3000 ft. From this point on, you might have to manually adjust the heading to intercept the radial. It might be a good idea to lessen the fuel load at the beginning. And while you are at it, look at the weather. Notice the wind varies at different levels?
As I stated in earlier postings, all MS adventures work really well. I have tried every single one of them. Yes, I have the same problems when I first tried them. I scratched my head wondering whether there were bugs. But, hey, it all amounts to PILOT ERRORS. Believe it or not, the more I fly the adventures, the more I like them. Once a while, I will turn off the auto pilot and hand-flown the aircraft to see whether I can meet the challenge. Now, that is only my experience. Maybe someone else is different. But do give it one more try. I am sure you will find it very rewarding.
You could pick-up a lot of hints by trying different adventures. Take the Tokyo flight for example, the controller will ask you to turn right at 7 DME and expects you to intercept the radial within 10 DME. No way you could make the turn with a speed higher than 170 IAS. Same thing applies to the San Jose flight. And for the Dallas to Denver, watch out for the wind aloft, make large wind drift corrections to stay on course or "the annoying woman" will tell you where to go! You don't just rely on the auto-pilot to navigate but actually participating in flying. And that is the interesting part. I am a pilot myself and this game serves me well during those gloomy winter months when I am being grounded.
Stephen Chu
