Like the topic says, my current long haul flight fligt from YMML to KLAX (expected to be 16.5 hours) is going well. I only have about 7.5 hours left to go and it's flying as steady as a rock. I've never had any major problems with long haul flights, except for the occasional FSX CTD (this can happen to any addon aircraft I have that is capable of an 6+ hour flight, and not just the CS 777).
On the takeoff, it took a while to reach V1, VR and V2 (I thought for a while I might not have enough runway
). The climb was nice and it never exceeded 5000 fpm. It took more than 3.5 minutes to reach 10000 feet, when it usually took about 2 minutes to reach it before. It was a bit unstable turning from HORSH to ALBAK (YMML DOSEL8.16 SID), and again on the turn from ALBAK to CHIMU, but no where near as bad. I think my MS Sidewinder FF2 joystick plays a part in this because as soon as I disable the joystick (CTRL+K), it stops being so harsh (I did this midway through the turn towards CHIMU. Maybe I should buy a new joystick.
Anyway. It's going extremely well and all I have to do now is wait until it reaches the T/D. Who knows, maybe I'll pause it and go to bed. It's now 9:30am and I've been up all night doing a lot of testing on the 777, before starting this long haul flight.
On my next long haul flight, I plan to do a longer one in the 777-200LR. I just need to pick what flight I'll do that is a fair bit longer than the current 6989nm flight.
Edited: I forgot to say that I did not use a reduced thrust takeoff, nor did I switch the thrust to CLB in CDU. I did notice that the N2 indicators went RED briefly during the climb. It went fully on near the T/C (for about 30 seconds)
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Long haul flight is going well (Read 10936 times)
