I completed my first round the world trip this morning. 27 legs in total. I used the P-38 Lightening. Full realism settings, including live weather. No problems at all with the Allison engines. The extra fuel in the drop tanks really paid off crossing the Atlantic. I did not use GPS, entirely old school navigation. I'm now considering a North to South flight over the poles in the DC-6.
I doing about the same trip but from west to east around the globe. From Death Valley California . Weather will be an issue going thru Alaska. Most all weather hitting the west coast of USA begins in the Gulf of Alaska. I'm sure we'll pass each going in opposite directions.....
I started out do around the world in a Cessna 150. I flew from Radville SK which is my local airport in real life. I calculated the weight of a life raft and a survival suit which would be required when crossing large bodies of water. Added in the weight of survival rations and that was my baggage weight. My life raft flew as a passenger and the rest went in the back. I put in my own weight of 238 which I was at the time. The poor 150 was pretty much all up. I used real world weather. I flew north and across the north to Greenland. Around rather than across Greenland and over to Iceland. Down to the Shetlands and the length of the British Isles. Across France and into Germany to Zwiebrukken where I stopped because in the real world spring came and work intervened on my flying time. In my travels I also went on you tube and searched out the places I landed at and took the time to actually computer visit the places. I always made comments on those videos and told them what I was doing. I got a lot of positive feedback from people in those places and it made it like I was actually doing the trip. Never any auto pilot or dilated time. It took me just as much time as I would have used if I had actually made the trip in real life. I do intend t o pick up where I left off but I am building a Flight sim Cockpit for the rest of the flight.
Just found your channel as I am getting up to speed on the Garmin 1000nxi. Like your idea of flying around the world. Got me thinking to do the same thing in a different aircraft and slightly different route. Your preparation is excellent and you have a nice voice. I'm looking forward to the trip. Thanks for posting.
Just discovered this channel. My step son and I are doing this same trip in 2 DA 62's. He lives two hours away from me IRL. We left off currently a few miles west of Mt. Everest. We chose a very similar route. I'm sure I'll enjoy the other episodes.
Just found this series and have subscribed. Back at the end of last year I flew an old Imperial Airways route from London to Delhi and used the TBM. Really enjoyed it. Just summoning up the enthusiasm to attempt something akin to this. Thanks for taking the time to record this for everyone.
Awesome, thank you! I'm finding the routing to be challenging now in the area of northern Pakistan with the high terrain, the DA62 can only do 20000 feet. Enjoy the series!
I've been looking for any sort of MSFS World Tour on TH-cam forever now. i want to do my own World Tour in the Goose ever since I first saw the plane. Unfortunatly i don't have a computer to play MSFS myself (yet), so all I can do for now is watch videos
Thanks for watching, it was a great experience doing the virtual trip around the world, I may do another. Hopefully you will get a computer or XBox soon so you can do one yourself. Cheers!
Hi, i'll be watching the rest of the series because I was looking at doing something similar in MSFS2020. I am interested to know where you got the modified checklist from.
Awesome, thanks for watching. I can't remember where I got the checklist but you can get the actual checklist from the Diamond website. Have a good flight around the world! www.diamondaircraft.com/en/service-and-support/diamond-flight-training/checklists/
I just found your channel looking for videos on the g1000nxi. Great video. I'm excited to see this around the world trip. Definitely considering doing the same thing.
Got them directly from the Diamond site: support.diamond-air.at/fileadmin/uploads/files/after_sales_support/DA62/Airplane_Flight_Manual/Basic_Manual/70125e-r4-complete.pdf www.diamondaircraft.com/en/service-and-support/diamond-flight-training/checklists/ Have a great trip!
One consideration in favor of the Diamond you haven't pointed out ... diesel engines, which are perfectly happy running on standard- Jet-A. Avgas is rapidly becoming hard to find in remote locations.
Yes, thanks for mentioning that, Jet-A is cheaper and usually more readily available. Also, as they are turbo charged, they have more power at higher altitudes. Cheers!
I completed my first round the world trip this morning. 27 legs in total. I used the P-38 Lightening. Full realism settings, including live weather. No problems at all with the Allison engines. The extra fuel in the drop tanks really paid off crossing the Atlantic. I did not use GPS, entirely old school navigation. I'm now considering a North to South flight over the poles in the DC-6.
Awesome, the DC-6 would be a great aircraft to do that trip in. Enjoy!
I doing about the same trip but from west to east around the globe. From Death Valley California . Weather will be an issue going thru Alaska. Most all weather hitting the west coast of USA begins in the Gulf of Alaska. I'm sure we'll pass each going in opposite directions.....
Awesome. Yea, the weather in Alaska can be nasty this time of the year. Enjoy your trip. Cheers!
When I did this I was using the TBM. I really wanted something “study level” and quick but still general aviation
Cool. I recently got the Cessna 414, that would be a great aircraft for this trip. It is a very study level GA aircraft, pressurized and 200+ TAS.
I started out do around the world in a Cessna 150. I flew from Radville SK which is my local airport in real life. I calculated the weight of a life raft and a survival suit which would be required when crossing large bodies of water. Added in the weight of survival rations and that was my baggage weight. My life raft flew as a passenger and the rest went in the back. I put in my own weight of 238 which I was at the time. The poor 150 was pretty much all up. I used real world weather. I flew north and across the north to Greenland. Around rather than across Greenland and over to Iceland. Down to the Shetlands and the length of the British Isles. Across France and into Germany to Zwiebrukken where I stopped because in the real world spring came and work intervened on my flying time. In my travels I also went on you tube and searched out the places I landed at and took the time to actually computer visit the places. I always made comments on those videos and told them what I was doing. I got a lot of positive feedback from people in those places and it made it like I was actually doing the trip. Never any auto pilot or dilated time. It took me just as much time as I would have used if I had actually made the trip in real life. I do intend t o pick up where I left off but I am building a Flight sim Cockpit for the rest of the flight.
Awesome, that is a very cool way to make the trip more real. Hope you finish the trip soon. Cheers!
Just found your channel as I am getting up to speed on the Garmin 1000nxi. Like your idea of flying around the world. Got me thinking to do the same thing in a different aircraft and slightly different route. Your preparation is excellent and you have a nice voice. I'm looking forward to the trip. Thanks for posting.
Have fun! It is a great way to enjoy the sim.
Just discovered this channel.
My step son and I are doing this same trip in 2 DA 62's. He lives two hours away from me IRL. We left off currently a few miles west of Mt. Everest. We chose a very similar route. I'm sure I'll enjoy the other episodes.
Awesome. What a great idea, each of you flying your own plane. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Cheers
Just found this series and have subscribed. Back at the end of last year I flew an old Imperial Airways route from London to Delhi and used the TBM. Really enjoyed it. Just summoning up the enthusiasm to attempt something akin to this. Thanks for taking the time to record this for everyone.
Awesome, thank you! I'm finding the routing to be challenging now in the area of northern Pakistan with the high terrain, the DA62 can only do 20000 feet. Enjoy the series!
I've been looking for any sort of MSFS World Tour on TH-cam forever now. i want to do my own World Tour in the Goose ever since I first saw the plane. Unfortunatly i don't have a computer to play MSFS myself (yet), so all I can do for now is watch videos
Thanks for watching, it was a great experience doing the virtual trip around the world, I may do another. Hopefully you will get a computer or XBox soon so you can do one yourself. Cheers!
Hi, i'll be watching the rest of the series because I was looking at doing something similar in MSFS2020. I am interested to know where you got the modified checklist from.
Awesome, thanks for watching. I can't remember where I got the checklist but you can get the actual checklist from the Diamond website. Have a good flight around the world!
www.diamondaircraft.com/en/service-and-support/diamond-flight-training/checklists/
The checklist you are referring to can be found here. Cheers!
flightsim.to/file/13407/da62-da62x-beginners-guide-checklist-procedures
Did around the world in xplane last year. It’s one hell of a task.
Nice, yes it is! Which aircraft did you use?
@@banditflightsimmer6446 B1900, started in Cape Town, flew up Africa then headed east across Europe. Might try again in 2020 better scenery.
I just found your channel looking for videos on the g1000nxi. Great video. I'm excited to see this around the world trip. Definitely considering doing the same thing.
Awesome, thank you! You should definitely do it, it's been a blast!
Hi, would you please post links to the checklist, POH and any other docs you used? I want to follow along and fly all your flights in this aircraft.
Got them directly from the Diamond site:
support.diamond-air.at/fileadmin/uploads/files/after_sales_support/DA62/Airplane_Flight_Manual/Basic_Manual/70125e-r4-complete.pdf
www.diamondaircraft.com/en/service-and-support/diamond-flight-training/checklists/
Have a great trip!
One consideration in favor of the Diamond you haven't pointed out ... diesel engines, which are perfectly happy running on standard- Jet-A. Avgas is rapidly becoming hard to find in remote locations.
Yes, thanks for mentioning that, Jet-A is cheaper and usually more readily available. Also, as they are turbo charged, they have more power at higher altitudes. Cheers!