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EHM-0471 Peter:
Well, I don't want to bug, but what is enough is enough. Recently I got in two different flights for UNHCR the penalty 240 pts for famous more than 4500 fpm vertical speed. O.K. I agree, the FL is working precisely, but what really has surprised me is the fact, that I made the last landing at OYSN under the control of Autopilot almost to the last 5 feet above rw. Swear to God, I started my initial descent and was then descending step by step very carefully ( this approach is super tricky ) all the time with vertical speed at 1000!!! Approaching speed was on final 140 kts, and at touch down 104 kts, but the result was penalty of 240 pts because of 4500 fpm. Couldn't believe to my eyes. I don't understand this, and I think some little more tolerance should be incalculated here, since, as in real life, the last half of the mile and under manual control, everythink may occur. ( the sidewind etc. ) By my oppinion a little bit of the tolerance for this last half mile of descend should be incalculated. A subject for discussion for sure! Any oppinion?

Beside these relevant details, Flight Logger is uniqe tool and excellent as a challenger for us pilots, especially when we need a little bit to be cooled down regarding our super knowledge and skils in virtual flying.

And also just a small question. What is the tolerance we have after passing FL 180 up or down to press B for setting altimeter to proper pressure? 100, 200 or more feet?

Peter :%

EHM-1838 Andrew:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by EHM-0471 Peter
Well, I don't want to bug, but what is enough is enough. Recently I got in two different flights for UNHCR the penalty 240 pts for famous more than 4500 fpm vertical speed. O.K. I agree, the FL is working precisely, but what really has surprised me is the fact, that I made the last landing at OYSN under the control of Autopilot almost to the last 5 feet above rw. Swear to God, I started my initial descent and was then descending step by step very carefully ( this approach is super tricky ) all the time with vertical speed at 1000!!! Approaching speed was on final 140 kts, and at touch down 104 kts, but the result was penalty of 240 pts because of 4500 fpm. Couldn't believe to my eyes. I don't understand this, and I think some little more tolerance should be incalculated here, since, as in real life, the last half of the mile and under manual control, everythink may occur. ( the sidewind etc. ) By my oppinion a little bit of the tolerance for this last half mile of descend should be incalculated. A subject for discussion for sure! Any oppinion?

Beside these relevant details, Flight Logger is uniqe tool and excellent as a challenger for us pilots, especially when we need a little bit to be cooled down regarding our super knowledge and skils in virtual flying.

And also just a small question. What is the tolerance we have after passing FL 180 up or down to press B for setting altimeter to proper pressure? 100, 200 or more feet?

Peter :%
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Peter
I echo your sentiments.I have just completed my fifth flight with PP EGLL EGNV I absolutely took care to descend even more slowly than i usually do this time and still as in the other five flights my only penalties where.....you guessed it 240 for exceeding 4500.I was wondering if it might be my FSUIPC version?i will check but think i am up to date.
PS funnily enough i did notice at one point i was 260kts below 10000 briefly but got no penalty for that.
cheers Andy

EHM-1651 Christian:
There is a higher limet for that, I think it set to 270kt IAS so you can be able to compley with ATC high speed requirments while flying online.

EHM-1703 Philip:
Are you sure you are getting the error for descending above 4,500 fpm and not exceeding 4,500 fpm on your climb? Remember a lot of the legs are flown with a very lightly loaded aircraft and it is a very powerfull plane that will climb like a rocket when light! You still get a penalty for climbing too fast as well as descending.

Hope this helps,

Phil

EHM-1838 Andrew:
"You descent on a excessive vertical speed (more than 4500 fpm)."

That is the wording in the error message.
Surly if you tried to climb to quickly you would eventually stall.
cheers Andy

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