Places to fly a Jet or Helicopter?

[Vandris]

 

 Hello,

        I'm new to second life. There's many things I could say about the game but I've found something worth my while and that's flying in the game. It's fun atleast spending time in the limited space of sand boxes but I was curious if there are larger areas that are flight friendly. I have a ban line hud and flying on the main land is like playing Tetris. Also doesn't help when Sims load and your aircraft goes buggy in between the lines. Even at top altitudes you deal with the same problems. The games old and has more bugs than Joes apartment and I get it but is there atleast one place that you can explore safely while flying?

[MBeatrix]

You can try the whole Blake Sea, for example. In most cases, where there is water there is space free of ban lines.

Again, as a mere example, you can take-off from here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Honah Lee Trudeau/97/132/21. If you fly N/NE, you'll find the Hollywood airport (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Santa Catalina/67/232/21)

[Vandris]

Thank you for the information Beatrix I'm going to give those areas a try today. Flying is great in the game but theres so few places to do it as it seems.

[MBeatrix]

You're welcome.

The main problem is that airplanes are a bit too fast for the open spaces available, but helicopters are just fine. Anyway, if you keep flying over water, I'm sure you can do it for hours. :matte-motes-sunglasses-1:

[Jenni Darkwatch]

Any of the mainland oceans should work, plenty of airports in SL to use too. Just watch out on sim crossings. Don't cross sims via sim corner if you can avoid it and most definitely keep your script count as low as you can. I personally tend to freak out if I have more than 10 scripts on me while using a vehicle.

If you do fly over land, you'll have to be high enough to avoid banlines and you'll still occasionally run into land owners who will eject without warning.

[Vandris]

Thank you for the tips. I went out to the sea as linked and suggested. Took my planes and heli out but kept running into wierd issues. I'd be able to fly smooth for a bit then my Chopper would start doing spins and going in circles. When I flew in my jet it would just keep going. After a few minutes I'd see my avatar floating with no Jet or Helicopter and I'd either be stuck in the sky or sitting on the sea floor. Any ideas on what might be going on?

[Aethelwine]

Keep your scripts down and don't wear a complicated outfit. Don't go fast over sim borders or turn in them. Don't make crossings in corners. Close your eyes and cross your fingers.