Quasar Quick Tips
Here are some tips to easily get started with the Flying Fries Quasar for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Quick start-up
Don't hesitate to take a look at the in-game checklists for detailed and guided procedures. But here is a very quick
start-up guide from cold and dark:
| Batteries & Nuclear links | ON |
| Nav, Beacon, Fuselage Lights | ON |
| Avionics | ON |
| FCS, Thrust Vectoring & Mach tests | PRESSED |
| All fuel valves | ON |
| Hydrogen Electrolyzers | ON |
| APU master, starter, bleed | ON |
| Engines starter 1 and 4 | ON |
| Engines cut-off valves 1 and 4 | OPEN |
| Canopy & Seat + Ladder | SECURED |
And after taxi:
| Engines starter 2 and 3 | ON |
| Engines cut-off valves 2 and 3 | OPEN |
| APU Master | OFF |
Climb to cruise
From takeoff to cruise altitude and max speed, after you pointed your aircraft to the correct heading:
| Throttles | FULL |
| Afterburners | OFF |
| Angle of climb | 15 Degrees |
| Cruise altitude | 115,000 ft |
| Throttles | 13% / 14% |
| Speed control | Around Mach 7.8 |
Descent from cruise
Start your descent 200NM from your destination:
| Throttles | IDLE |
| Speed brakes/spoilers | Deployed |
| Angle of descent | -10 Degrees |
| Speed control #1 | Mach 5 max at 60,000 ft |
| Speed control #2 | Mach 3 max at 10,000 ft |
| Speed control #3 | Mach 2 max at 5,000 ft |
Reference speeds
Speeds are indicated in knots, for a standard atmosphere, at sea level, with no wind and 50% fuel:
| Best handling | 400-800 |
| Takeoff | 350-380 |
| VLE / Landing gear extended | 700 |
| Pattern | 300-360 |
| Turn to final | 280-300 |
| Final | 240-260 |
| Touchdown safe | 220 |
| Touchdown daredevil | 200 |
| Stall | 190 |