Today I was doing a flight in a B737-800 from Istanbul to Dubai. When I departed, it was just like a normal routine flight. But after I left when it was cruising, it was completely fine and normal. but when I came back an hour later after paddle boarding, it was over speeding, and was violently rolling left to right. After trying to fix it, i crashed. This has happened many times to me before using other aircraft and it is kind of infuriating. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
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What was your Mach cruising speed as you left your device?
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I am not sure, but do you think that might be the root of the problem? I actually do not think I changed the speed when I reached the point where speed was shown as mach, so that must’ve slown it down.
What was your height, speed and (very approximately) weight?
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I have no idea, but this has happened multiple times in the past, so it might not just have to do with that.
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At least your flight level? We can’t really understand what’s going on unless we know your flight level and speed
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Flight level? But if I were to make a guess on the speed it would be M 0.64 (Assuming that since it automatically converts to that.) I set the cruising altitude to 32 or 34 k feet.
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0.64 is a bit slow for a 737; bring it up to between 0.78 and 0.82 👍
Also make sure you don’t leave your device until A/P is set and you’re certain it’ll be okay (when you’re close to cruise altitude and speed)
okay, thanks! I was kind of in a rush to get it going.
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Yeah. M0.64 is very slow for a 737. That’s probably the reason your plane was tilting. As @SWAviator said, M 0.78-82 is an ideal speed.
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Pro tip: if you need to leave your device while you’re climbing, set your airspeed to 290-310 or so and it’ll get you to 0.78 to 0.82 (300 knots converts to Mach 0.80)
yea, but i feel like infinite flight should change airspeed to a realistic speed in mach for the plane instead of M 0.64.
thanks y’all!
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Not exactly sure what you mean but you can definitely set your A/P to optimal settings 👌
Glad we could help!
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oh wait I was thinking of something wrong 😉
also if I may ask, what would an optimal cruising speed be? I always stuck with 240
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At cruise altitude in an airliner, it’s not about the KIAS because that changes with wind, altitude (air density), and other stuff. You choose a certain Mach speed like the ones I said above 👍
I’m fairly sure there’s a tutorial explaining the differences in airspeeds, KIAS, KTAS, groundspeed, and knots vs Mach.
Or there’s good descriptions Googleable.
What was your altitude
Hey! I had the same problem for a few mins when flying KORD-KDTW in a CRJ7. For me, a lot of it came down to speed and if there was a sharp turn.
I have a similar issue that seems to happen after setting my device down flat. The moment I pick it up, the movements stop.