Just a reminder to avoid polar routes

[cepact 533]

polar flights don't work in MSFS, the sim drops in FPS and plane crashes. just happened to me in the middle of my OMDB-KSEA flight

it's a shame for the most modern simulator to not have this fixed

[Jeff Nielsen 1,440]

I found that out the hard way last night myself.

[B777ER 2,652]

How far up can you go before it CTD?

[737_800 464]

Hope this will be covered in MSFS 2024!

[fakeflyer737 1,031]

16 minutes ago, B777ER said:

How far up can you go before it CTD?

I think they said stay south of 85 North. 

[fsiscool 263]

3 minutes ago, fakeflyer737 said:

I think they said stay south of 85 North

Like 87 South? Just joking....

[fakeflyer737 1,031]

1 hour ago, fsiscool said:

Like 87 South? Just joking....

 I honestly laughed out loud when I read this. Nothing like a good latitude joke to spice up the evening. 

[regis9 4,090]

Good to know, the 777 certainly provides lots of opportunity for polar routes.

[Antipodeslonghaul 84]

I didn't know about this one, but apparently it's been a topic here on other sims in past decades as well. The weird thing is, I vaguely remember flying close to the pole here in MSFS, maybe about one year ago. I don't remember the specifics, it might have been Dubai to New York. I don't remember any problems other than one couldn't adjust the view in the outside spot plane view near the pole, but that worked again once one got further south.

Anyway, out of curiosity I've just departed Barrow Alaska for Murmansk in Russia, which will take me right over the geographic North Pole. I'll report back.

[El Diablito 446]

Yeah I've flown pretty close to the top on a Narita to Brussels flight before and never had an issue

[Antipodeslonghaul 84]

Barrow to Murmansk was no problem. Time and fuel worked out just as expected. Upper level winds and weather seemed reasonably realistic. Noticed again the slightly strange issue with the spot plane view being able to rotate only around the vertical axis. Also up near the pole the FMC cruise page showed some weird optimum and maximum altitudes. I do fly at a low fps limit in cruise. I have no doubt there's some more weird stuff there. Would be cool to fly to the South Pole in the southern summer. 

[andyjohnston.net 621]

I didn't know about this.  FSX let you do that!