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Postby SeanTK » Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:29 pm

A lesson in fuel calculations. The Xtreme Protypes Lear 24 is quite a thirsty aircraft, and as such, things got a bit interesting regarding my fuel state when approaching Stavanger, Norway. As I'm still getting used to the fuel usage traits of this aircraft, it's worth noting that the final approach and landing you see below was basically a one-time shot. I didn't have enough fuel to perform a successful go around and second approach into the airport. Needless to say, it was probably the most tense approach I've had in the sim, in calm weather, in quite a while. I'll be loading more fuel into this aircraft for future flights!

All of the shots below are edited slightly as I was experimenting a bit in my photo editing software just with bloom, colors, and contrast/shading.

This is the "Xtreme Prototypes" Learjet 24 for FSX. The livery is available in the Avsim library if one searches for "Xtreme Prototypes".

The flight was from Bergen, Norway to Stavanger, Norway, featuring Aerosoft's airports for both departure and arrival.

There are a total of nine images in this post.




















The flight synopsis is as follows:

Waited in line at runway 35 at Bergen for a few AI arrivals and departures, as pictured.
Climbed up to 13,000 feet in cloudy conditions over Bergen enroute.
Joined the ILS for Runway 01 at Sola (Stavanger) Airport. Fully coupled to the autopilot down to minimums as extra assurance of flight stability in order to further reduce the risk of having to go around due to an unstable approach.
Successful though rough landing on Runway 01 due to low level wake turbulence (courtesy of ActiveSky Next)...but I made it to the parking stand with less than 2% fuel left according to the FSX stats.

Thanks for looking.
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Postby Ian Warren » Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:30 pm

Hmm the panel dose look aged .. 2000/2004 style ..
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Postby Splitpin » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:31 pm

Mean machine ... thanks for posting Sean thumbup1.gif , but not for me .
Not getting at you in any way , but that model looks like its made of plate steel , Ive seen a 24 (may have been a 23) , and they are as smooth as . Some fasteners forward of the windscreen , and on the nacelles , but otherwise ..... silky.
Is the panel shot the VC ?
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Postby SeanTK » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:47 am

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Sep 9 2014,2:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Mean machine ... thanks for posting Sean thumbup1.gif , but not for me .
Not getting at you in any way , but that model looks like its made of plate steel , Ive seen a 24 (may have been a 23) , and they are as smooth as . Some fasteners forward of the windscreen , and on the nacelles , but otherwise ..... silky.
Is the panel shot the VC ?


The addon certainly isn't for everyone, and that is a big difference in that the real Lears are very smooth.
The panel shot is from the VC.
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Postby Bugdani » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:48 am

Very interresting serie !

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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:29 pm

Nice shots, what AI traffic are you using? Looks great.
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Postby SeanTK » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:18 pm

victor_alpha_charlie wrote:
QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Sep 10 2014,6:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nice shots, what AI traffic are you using? Looks great.


Most of the AI you see in these shots is from "World of AI".
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