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Well all I got is a gamepad, so I enjoy it :P

Those SU-29 shots look great! A321 looks like a bit outsized... Too much "stretching" Maybe not a simulator, but I have lot of fun with "Ken Block" DiRT3. I "discovered" it because I had a free coupon with me GFX with a gift code! Just re-downloaded it. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Hate the watermark...

Thanks for the comments! Sadly, TDU only "simulates" a small island. A gumball 3000-like race would've been great!

We were ready for the next leg. The next city we are planning to visit is Salt Lake, but that route is quite long, so to keep it a bit more entertaining I decided to make a stop in the town of Elko. Once again we were going to follow the route 80, but first we took the route 50 to the intersection with the 95 and then to the 80 again. This time I'll skip some technical details as many of them were explained before. But from time to time I'll update with some data in case you forgot ;) The skies were clear, the plane was fixed (after the crash landing) everything was set to go! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- As said in the first leg, as soon as we got the engine running we expedite the taxi to the runway to prevent overheating. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Very soon we were on the take-off roll and onto the air -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- After an initial turn to intercept heading 40°, we were enroute to the first reference. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Very soon we had the road below us, we had to follow it untill we see the interception. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Not very much to tell as everything was desert and more desert, so quite boring al the way. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- That's the route 80 bellow us -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Very soon, the first landmark in our travel. The Humboldt Lake/National Park, it was a sign that we were going good. After it, we decide to take a little shortcut over the mountains. That was going to shorten the flight time, making us burn less fuel. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- After that shortcut, we can see Battle Mountain town in the distance. Another sign that we were not lost ;) -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Taken from below! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- We see Carlin town, and after it... Our destination, Elko town! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Right after a downwind leg, we are ready for turn into basic and then final. A very smooth approach! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Stablished, a bit high, but nothing is much for this old bird. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Touchdown, this time with the landing hear down and locked. We vacate the runway to the parking. With the engine off, the second leg is concluded! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Thanks for reading!

So far so good! I'll say it again, I like that workshop very much!

Bought a pressure sensor... -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) --

The last console I bought was the PSX...

I think I'm ready for the next gen :P

After making a succesful first (personal) tour through Argentina with the B60, I thought I was ready for something different. I wanted to fly with something a bit more challenging and in an area which I don't visit very often. I took a quick look at the map and immediately the idea came to my head, a coast to coast tour in the US with the P40. I knew that I couldn't take any major airport such as San Francisco as a starting point, so then I visualized Fairfield as my starting point. My first leg was a test leg, short flight, no more that 20 minutes so I can get used to the plane, its handling and over all the things its navigation (FSX default ground depiction, like routes and towns and such things). I know this plane hasn't any of those fancy radionav equipment (at least not in the main panel, there are some as pop-ups), so that's the way to go. Using a map, some charts and the compass I was ready to take on the adventure. Took off from Fairfield's travis AFB aeroclub with a 40° heading (approx) to intercept the route 80, once on it, all I had to do was make my way to Sacramento. Soon we were landing on this city. The check ride was successful! Now I was ready to go for the second leg: Sacramento-Reno. A leg that took us through valleys, as the ground got higher and higher on the way to our destination A 40 minutes flight awaited. I topped the fuel tanks, took a look at the manuals and got the engine running. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- As soon as the engine was on I had to take off as soon as possible to prevent overheating. These big V12 engines need a constant airflow to keep them cold, so they don't like run much while on the ground. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- With all the checks made, we were rolling (keeping an eye on those temps). To be airborne quick we took off from the middle point of the runway, which was still, a lot of runway for these machine. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Take off thrust is set: max RPM and 41 "hg of manifold pressure were making rotate at a speed of 100/110 mph IAS. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- When our wheels leaves the ground, thrust is reduced to climb power, 35"hg of manifold pressure. Cowling flaps are left open to cool-down the engine a bit, brakes applied and the wheels go up making the plane as aerodynamic as possible. With the course of 40°, as mentioned before, the route 80 comes in sight so we get parallel to it and that's the way we go! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- "Ladies and gentlemen to our right the Folsom Lake" wait... I'm and alone in this one-seater plane! The view was nice! -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- The ground started to get slightly closer to the plane, a signal that we had to ascend a little in order to not to crash with the ground and mountains a bit ahead. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- The values on the engine were nice, the economy cruise setting was selected. I didn't want to use too much fuel, but with full tanks I didn't have to worry about as I had plenty of fuel to go to Reno and then come back to Sacramento. The economy setting is: 2200RPM, Mixture setting "Auto Lean" (for any cruise setting, actually) and 25.2 "hg of manifold pressure. That was our half route landmark, the town of Truckee. Following the Truckee River will make our trip a bit shorter, as the route 80 went around the hills. A bit more further, the river met the route again. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- And there it is! Reno city on sight. Of course we won't use its airport as it's big for use. Instead we are going to make a few more miles to Carson city. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Once we passed Reno, we made a left turn following the route 580 that took us over Washoe Lake, and then to Carson City Airport that fitted us much more better. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Once I start the descend, any of the runways will be a cross wind runway, so the RWY27 is chosen because we were going high and fast. Once we leave the threshold behind we configure the plane for landing. Flaps, gear and a speed of 100mph for the approach and landing. The ground got closer suddenly... My prop stops and blades are blended... What happened? Well you guessed right, a belly landing. I don't know what happened, seems I distracted a little and the gear didn't drop. The plane slipped out of the runway and the emergencies services arrived. I was ok, but plane wasn't. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Maintenance guys gave the plane a quick look, the diagnosis: wasted prop, flaps, landing gear and engine's main bearings. It could've been worse. -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- Well, that's how my first leg ends... I hope the next time my gear drops (or I check that). Stay tuned, more to come. Maybe not very often, I fly on free times and exams are coming, so you can get an idea... Hope you had fun reading it as well as I making it! Sorry if I have some grammatical/typing errors, English is not my first language but (I think) I'm not that bad at it jaja Regards! Mauricio

jajaja nice one! Looks like a fun game, specially if it has a co-op mode for the story (L4D kinda)

That's what happens when your order a Huayra? Comes in a DIY pack? jajaja Nice workshop!

Looking good! So... You can travel across the states that's a nice feature! Will it include a cockpit camera or not?

That's a nice good looking game! Whats the storyline? Or it hasn't been released yet

Volviendo por Mauriciooo!, en Flickr Coming back home after some (inline)skating with a friend

I think my account has some problems...

Well, I've just edited my very first timelapse (or something like it). Hope you enjoy, any comments are welcome! PS: There you got the link ¬¬ damn youtube

thats a small bike :P Nice pics and congrats on your new buy!

That's a nice bunch of Ferraris and GT86! It's not a rare car, but I liked the color, I've never seen one of these in this color before. It fits nice on the 335i -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- I also saw an '80s 911, but I couldn't take any photos as I was on the bus and the car was parked. Regards!

I'm going also to Europe in one and a half month! I'll be visiting Italy and Greece, looking forward to it! I'll be driving in Italy (for second time in my life :P ), wich for an argentinean is a great pleasure as everybody here doesn't care that much for traffic laws (It's not India neither)

Drive the car you designed and is object of desire for everyone... What else can a man ask?

I think red calipers always fit :P

Damn =( When I was in Australia earlier this year, December(New year's eve)/January, the "pick-up" version of the Falcons and Commodores caught my attention, they are very loud and sound very V8-like and, of course, rare (to me that I've never saw them) and very beautiful! That old Falcon that your dad owns looks amazing and reminds me the Mustang or Capri. Regards!

Congrats on the Supra and that garage you have ;) Gotta love those Aussie Falcons, and the colour fits pretty well too.

I like that blue Porsche! Btw, "7MT" stands for 7-speed-manual-transmission?

I can feel the power of that AMG engine! Nice video! Why is the Nords written?