hmmm Do i have the will to go on?

[kiwibarguy]

Hi, I have a bit of a problem with my world tour.

My intentions to fly around the world in a single prop (Cessna Skyhawk) have come to a bit of a holt. The problem is that i have alot of commitments (3 boys) and can hardly find the time to fly. I love flying my Cessna but since i have started i have found it increasingly hard to fly at the speed that it offers. I would like to continue my trip but was thinking about levelling up to something a bit faster. A Lear 45 would be the fastest i would go to.
What do you think i should do?

Should i stick with the Skyhawk and plod along and keep patient or go for something a bit faster.
Going faster means i could cut out some of the mundane cruising and boy is she slooooow. Would it be more colourful flying a variety of planes?
I would love to hear your opinions! I also think it would be an achievement to fly around in a single prop.

Thanks

[creator2003]

I think dude the biggest part of your world tour is doing it ,,the aircraft is only one factor in your trip ..
id still read up and give the thumbs up if you changed aircraft at each airport dude..
finishing it is the most important part and in real time

[spongebob206]

Hi,

I think you should fly an aircraft suited to the leg.

Long tedious over water use the lear, short hops, very scenic use the 172 .

Happy flying

[ardypilot]

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Long tedious over water use the lear, short hops, very scenic use the 172 .[/quote]
Yeah what he said- I did my first world tour in a 737 and that wasn't very exciting. Variety is the spice of life, so the more aircraft you use and more locations you visit, the more interesting we will all find it!

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Try and have an aircraft form each region you are flying in- eg have something from China when (if?) you fly through China. Take a page outta G-HEVN's book.

[Q300]

I done my round the world tour in AFGs Kingair 300, Reasons,
*A reasonably large and fast aircraft but still good for taking in the sites
*Has the celling to clear large mountains/Terrain
*Can land on smallish strips
*Its a Beech and what Beech isnt fun to fly?

Sam

[G-HEVN]

I know someone who did a RTW in a flexwing (in real life!). I've also met Polly Vacher, who has flown around the world solo twice in a Piper Cherokee...

My starting intention was to complete my tour in a single aircraft, but, to be honest, the JF Seneca is really horrible and buggy in FSX, so eventually I ditched it. I then spent a while (actually a whole continent) trying different aircraft until I found one I was happy to finish the tour in.

I've also done the "find a local aircraft" thing, but that does take more planning.

You will also find that your route is constrained by the aircraft you fly, which can make the trip more interesting (at the planning stage, anyhow)

There are lots of stories on the Web, from people who have flown light aircraft through different parts of the world - you could try replicating those flight and the flight conditions for a bit of fun.

You could consider flight acceleration, if that's within your mission brief. I'll admit using it occasionally, but I try not to, since I never find an accelerated flight to be as satisfying.

When the tour starts getting tedious (and it will), take a break for a few weeks, and go do something else. Then you'll be refreshed when you come back to it.

It doesn't matter how long you take. If you've set out to do the tour in a 172, try to complete it in that plane (I know I'm a fine one to talk - don't do as I do; do as I tell you!)

Finally, when you eventually finish, you probably won't want to go near that plane again, for a very long time!

[kiwibarguy]

Well thanks for all the advice and support. I suppose Creator best summed it up by saying that the best type of flying is done with no rules. I've have felt that after flying real time all the way from Whangarei to Indonesia, the boredom has outweighed my intentions and has finally taken its toll on me. When i first started to fly with NZFF back in September last year i was new to mfs. At that time i had no idea on how to fly so i started with the 172. Since then i have learnt a bit (with loads more to learn) and feel constrained by this little lady.

What i would like to do is fly a variety of freeware fsx planes available now that there are so many coming through. Then i can enjoy my trip and you may find a plane that tickles your fancy also. I will still bring out my girl for little scenic flights and give my history and travel blurbs as well. See, i am all excited again. Will post my next journey today with a beautiful little piece of freeware from www.simviation.com.

Thanks again.

[towerguy]

Hi
I can understand where you're coming from - I have 3 teenagers and trying to juggle family with work and a wife that is off work with a ruptured disk in her back kind of puts a crimp in the flight simming for sure.
As some of the others have said here - take a break, you will come back stronger and we will still be here to follow your exploits - I am not one that posts a lot but I do enjoy following along - so we will not bail out on you.
Try different aircraft if thats what you want to do, the main rule in simming is that there are no rules - it's your tour so you can make the choices - and by all means use acceleration if you have to. I readily admit to doing so. On the flight deck you don't have anyone telling you it's time to run the kids to scouts or put out the rubbish or "it's time you were off that bloody computer!" so sometimes you just have to fit the leg in any way you can. if you were going to be in the cruise for 3 hours doing nothing over the water or desert then whats the difference - spend that 3 hours on the family ( or planning the next leg).
If you look at the dates on my world tour you will see that its been in fits and starts. (Next leg hopefully in a few days - been flown just needs writing up).
hope all this helps anyway.

if you really want to get the family rolling the eyeballs then check out my latest folly in the cockpit building section

cheers