How do you challenge yourself?

#1

Flying in IF flight is fun. But sometimes, I‘m getting bored flying from point A to point B just watching my tablet screen.

In that moment, I start challenging myself. I decide to fly a whole flight without autopilot, I use the „Windy“ app and look for the aiports with the strongest winds to land on, I fly into extreme turbulences and try to hold the plane steady, I try to get my rudder stuck and land with that, I close the HUD and try to land without instruments or I shut down an engine while landing with >30kn sidewinds. I really love that, because a) I love challenges and b) it is a very good training. Not only for my IF flying skills. It is also a good training for my concentration and my multi tasking abilities.

How do you challenge yourself? What do you do in IF when you’re looking for a little adventure?

I‘m looking forward to your answers! Happy landings!

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#2

I usually hop into an overweight a380 in solo mode and turn up the winds.

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#3

Trying to fly the tightest patterns possible in an airliner, lots of fun for me but Idk about atc’s.

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#4

Crosswind landings with the 717.

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#5

Never leave the cockpit view, fly on “HUD-2,” with areas I know very well (LA), I try to navigate to the airport without looking at my map or following waypoints, etc. It gives the simulator a whole new purpose if you really, really challenge yourself.

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#6

That sounds great! I’ll try that too

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#7

Last year a challenge was to go to knuc with no atc on ts1.

Now I like playing with weight, wind and the engines to challenge myself.

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#8

One of my favorites is set a course and cut the engines at cruising altitude and find a nearby airport and attempt to land. Or get one engine back on line.

This is often pretty fun for me. Especially when you’re heading over a mountainous area where the airport altitudes differ.

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#9

Go to HUD-2 (no map or anything), go to an area you don’t know, turn off airport names and try landing at the airport in night. For an extra challenge, add 50kt crosswinds.

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#10

I challenge myself to avoid airports I’ve already flown from. Ever since Global, I have never landed twice at the same airport. I may have landed at an airport, then took off the next day, however the above text stays true. It’s good to see different scenery each time I fly instead of always taking off out of KJFK.

For an even better challenge, make sure there are plenty of mountains. I tried landing at an airport in the Alps at night; shoulda paid closer attention to the screen, cause if I woulda it woulda been my longest flight.

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#11

It’s called flying VFR my dude.

#12

Have you considered joining a VA and done group flights

#13

I challenge myself by sleeping and waking up to land… Its hard waking up and looking at a screen when you have to land an aircraft…

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#14

In an MD-11 with a flight plan? I don’t think so.

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#15

Forget with no atc, the pilots would do whatever they wanted even with ATC!

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#16

Ive been trying to fly with just the primary flight display on @epaga ‘s app, IFinstroments, and a few other readings on the status bar. Quite challenging, especially in the jets.

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#17

Really trying to do anything in a 717 is a challenge.

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#18

Control three frequencies blindfolded.

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#19

Well, that explains quite a bit…

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#20

Spawn in at any airport with winds off. Turn your aircraft to face the winds (use a Cessna) and throttle 100% set winds to high along with wind gusts and turbulence. The see how long you last it gets interesting let me leave it at that…