I picked up the twin otter yesterday and was doing some bush flying. I randomly picked a mountain strip in Idaho (U81*, and a reasonably close by strip to land at (C53). Loaded up the twotter to 50% fuel and 100% cargo, and off I went. Then it got interesting, interesting enough I’ve spent a couple of hours seeing what all aircraft I can get into C53 with a ton of cargo and 50% fuel.
So far I’ve managed to get the PC-6 and the twin otter in. My attempts with the Islander have failed, but I’ve gotten close. It’s a pretty quick trip maybe 30 mins depending on how aggressive you want to be with the throttle. Plenty of cloud rocks, box canyons etc.
I got the Islander down and stopped. It wasn’t a pretty landing, and the stall horn was giving me grief but I made it. Not something I would be comfortable with IRL though.
I could tell it was at the Y in the river, but I circled quite a bit before I was sure on what exactly the runway was.
Nice! I decided to give the Islander a break after flying into a box canyon for the second time in a row. I was pretty sure it was doable, and I am not surprised it was dicey.
Nice, you greased the islander in on that one. If I can avoid making a left when I need to make a right on the approach down the river (into a box canyon, that the islander isn’t making it out of) I think I can make that work.
Very nice on the King Air, I wouldn’t have expected that one to make it.
just checking U81 in XP. this is default scenery in vFlyteAir Navion.
as for the scenery, there is nothing to see here obviously. it needs some orthos and better trees definitely
