Hello there, fellow bush pilots!
I decided to start this thread to share some thoughts and observations and to ask you to share yours. Because looking through the MFC tours and aircraft I don't feel entirely confident about how to do this or that.
Now, I understand this is just a sim and nobody's life or health or property is at stake, but since we (or I at least) aspire to reach the maximum realism possible, I tried to look at flying from this point of view: how would I do it, if it was for real? And if I'd do it at all.
To start with, there is Aero Commander 500 in the aircraft list. I tried the Carenado model which I happen to own and here is what I saw.
1. In ISA conditions, it cannot climb on one engine at MTOW. In Misty's Place, facing upslope terrain on both climb paths this can be pretty deadly. So toss off some payload or unload some fuel.
2. In ISA conditions and calm winds, your V1 is going to be around 60-65. But the thing is, while you can make aborted takeoffs, you cannot really make accelerate-goes very well, because of the field length and poor single engine performance.
3. If you face an emergency after V1, consider aborting anyway. There are ditches beyond both ends of the runway, and then upslopes. But it is better to hit those hills when you're almost stopped than to hit them when you have almost enough energy to climb out.
So these are things I brought out for myself from yesterday's flying experiments. What do you say? I would like to hear opinions of more experienced bush flyers.
Another question is, how you guys even taxi around a DC-3 there at PF20? It's so cramped that I'm afraid to destroy the whole place with her long wings just on a taxi out