Dusk
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So there I was, with a bit of time on my hands, not much going on either in game or IRL, and I'm flying in my VTOL as the sun is setting. It's at this point that I start to wonder whether it would be possible to chase the sun, as Concorde used to on it's routine London to New York route. By "chasing the sun" I mean to achieve the phenomenon where an aircraft travels so fast towards the west that the sun appears to rise in the west (as opposed to the usual east).
So, with my trusty Sleipnir Mk1 VTOL, I launched from Nymphtown in eastern Eudoria at dusk (d'ya see what I did there?) heading west towards Port Atlantis. Why these two locations? Well they are approximately 27km apart, at similar latitudes - plenty of time to get a good run up to catch up. There aren't two other locations so distant with a similar latitude, and I wanted to make a few measurements that I might use another time.
Anyway, there is something else you might have observed. The Concorde, to allow it's pilots to see the sun rising in the west, flies at twice the speed of sound, or 2170 kilometres/hour. My trusty Sleipnir Mk1 flies at errm..... fifty-seven kilometres/hour!
laugh.
But anyway, this is a virtual universe and so the normal rules of physics don't apply here. Hell, until recently we could jump off the remains of the elevated highway at Zychion and live!
So, those of you who have read this far are probably expecting me to tell you whether I caught the sun or not. Well, I was going to tell you, but having seen a thread earlier asking for suggestions for cheap things to do (one that I can no longer find - a pointer would be appreciated), I've decided not to tell you. What I suggest is that everyone gives the same flight a try (don't do it without a VTOL, that could be unhealthy
). It'll cost 0.95 peds TT worth of oil, and 35 minutes of your time (those other measurements).
And for those of you with Mk2 and Mk3 Sleipnir's, with their higher maximum speeds, I'd be interested to hear your results too.
Goodluck killing time cheaply.
So, with my trusty Sleipnir Mk1 VTOL, I launched from Nymphtown in eastern Eudoria at dusk (d'ya see what I did there?) heading west towards Port Atlantis. Why these two locations? Well they are approximately 27km apart, at similar latitudes - plenty of time to get a good run up to catch up. There aren't two other locations so distant with a similar latitude, and I wanted to make a few measurements that I might use another time.
Anyway, there is something else you might have observed. The Concorde, to allow it's pilots to see the sun rising in the west, flies at twice the speed of sound, or 2170 kilometres/hour. My trusty Sleipnir Mk1 flies at errm..... fifty-seven kilometres/hour!
laugh.But anyway, this is a virtual universe and so the normal rules of physics don't apply here. Hell, until recently we could jump off the remains of the elevated highway at Zychion and live!
So, those of you who have read this far are probably expecting me to tell you whether I caught the sun or not. Well, I was going to tell you, but having seen a thread earlier asking for suggestions for cheap things to do (one that I can no longer find - a pointer would be appreciated), I've decided not to tell you. What I suggest is that everyone gives the same flight a try (don't do it without a VTOL, that could be unhealthy
). It'll cost 0.95 peds TT worth of oil, and 35 minutes of your time (those other measurements).And for those of you with Mk2 and Mk3 Sleipnir's, with their higher maximum speeds, I'd be interested to hear your results too.
Goodluck killing time cheaply.
