Instructions unclear, I've pulled and turned the red thingies with "1" and "2" and "APU" written on them, now it says "Airspeed low" and the the steering wheel is shaking. What do I do now, please send instructions urgently.
Push it.
Twist it.
Bop it.
I'm about to have dinner, but I'll be back as soon as I'm done, I swearsies
Ok, first take a deep breath and calm down. Airspeed low is a good thing, you need to take this slowly! If the shaking of the steering wheel bugs you too much, they are adjustable, you just need to push it away from you.
Now one of the biggest dangers to planes flown randomly around the sky is other planes, so you need to get on the radio with air traffic control and request permission to crash and they can give you a clear vector from your current position to a suitable crash site.
If you're lucky, there will be a nearby deserted island, in which case surviving the crash will make a much more interesting story than a plane crashing on a deserted island and everyone dying (or maybe the island will be purgatory or something and you really did die, or maybe purgatory will be a version where you didn't crash... Be prepared to be very confused, especially since you won't get to see any of the flashbacks that gives context to everyone who will lie about everything, even stupid shit like miraculously being able to walk again or other things that would be cool to talk about).
Oh, that is unless you're one of the few adults on a plane full of kids, in which case, sorry, you're fucked.
Few additions:
How could they forget the foot pedals? That's a whole axis and objectively the most fun controls on the plane.
adding:
Yeah, the foot pedals and IAS indicator are glaring omissions. I guess they really just want you to fly with autopilot and autothrust, but good fucking luck setting up autoland without prior experience.
Set the autopilot, make yourself a coffee while you skim the manual, successful landing.
Some more practical tips.
Super important to know where the radio is, cause I'm gonna want to listen to some nice chill songs while I soar through the air towards certain death cause I don't know how to fly a plane but the guy behind me kept kicking my chair so I yelled "If you don't stop kicking my chair, I swear to god, I am turning this plane around!" and he didn't stop so I had to do it to save face.
All I need is “Danger Zone” playing and some aviator sunglasses.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your stewardess speaking... We regret any inconvenience the sudden cabin movement might have caused, this is due to periodic air pockets we encountered, there's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight... By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"
Surely you can’t be serious.
It's big and white with a red stripe - it's like a big Tylenol!
More coffee Johnny
No thanks!
Used to do code for those sims. Funny things is, you can ignore like 90% of the stuff in there in there cuz most of it has an auto setting.
What does "make wings bigger" actually do?
Extends the flaps, i.e. makes the chord of the wing longer making it able to be more effective at lower airspeed. (takeoff and landing).
The flaps are retracted at cruise to make the wing more efficient at cruise.
I know how to drive sick. I got this. /s
Dejavu theme intensifies
Me flipping on reverse thrust and parking brake before touching the ground in FSX because I'm like 100 kts above the landing speed
Music is my aeroplane.
It's my aeroplane.
Songbird sweet and sour Jane,
And music is my aeroplane,
It's my aeroplane.
thank
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