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Post by roggeberg22 on Mar 30, 2023 8:43:53 GMT
Thanks Allan.
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Post by skmcconnell on Apr 1, 2023 15:53:55 GMT
XPlane 12 update to 12.05b1 bit me again, the situation saves from the previous version are not loading.
I used Active Sky XP12 Historical weather for April 1 2022 for this flight. This was a departure time decision because the saved situation would not load. This gave me two challenges to overcome one was the nonstandard altimeter setting. The other was the actual METAR had Few clouds at 1600 still good VFR, the winds were about the same as what we set up.
I defiantly had to fly the pattern at Argyle as I would have been about 18 minutes early if I flew the straight-in approach from the route. The landing rate Monitor gave me a nice landing at -144fpm and 1.03Gs at touchdown. Not bad at all.
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Post by Paughco on Apr 2, 2023 16:44:36 GMT
Thank you very much for the flightplans.pln!
Because this flight is a continuous route, after landing at the destination (and writing down the flight time!) I like to save the flight as the next flight in the sequence. That way I'll be in my MJ C-47, set up the way I like it, at a proper parking spot when I fire up my sim to begin the next flight. Only problem is that I'll be using the weather for previous flight. I fix that by copying the appropriate flight weather from the GAAR 2023 download folder into my flight plan folder right after shutting down the sim from the previous flight. Maybe that sounds complicated, but it relieves me of the task of switching from the default airplane and making all sorts of adjustments to get my chosen airplane configured as I prefer it.
Seeya ATB
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Post by dca1416 on Apr 3, 2023 23:40:40 GMT
Two questions on the flight plans. I have the LittleNavMap flight plans. Each leg has an intermediate airport as a checkpoint. The Airport and Flight Summary has the intermediate airport listed as touch and go airport. Am I correct in thinking that a touch and go should be performed at the intermediate airport? Part of the explanation of how the scoring is being done says that calculations are made for the climb and descent portion of the leg. So there would be a major difference if we are supposed to do a touch and go but don't and just fly past the airport. That leads into the second part of the my question. All of the flight plans are at 11500. Is that just a generic altitude or are we supposed to fly it at that altitude? Apologies for the nit-picky questions but I want to do it correctly. I have done the GAAR before but it was in 2006 and don't remember the details 17 years later. Thanks in advance for the clarifications.
Mike
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Post by roggeberg22 on Apr 4, 2023 9:35:47 GMT
Hello Mike,
You are right that the idea is to do a touch and go at every intermediate airport. In flight 3 there is no intermediate airport and in flight 9 there are two. So it is not always one intermediate airport.
As you say, a flight is divided into sectors / legs. And if you skip a touch and go you will save something in the order of 10 minutes. Which in turn means that you will save time which you have to loose somehow. In the first flight I made a mistake and was way too early at the destination. To loose time I flew three holding patterns.
The idea is that you fly the cruising phase at the speed of the test flight and that you use the remaining time for the procedures necessary for a proper and safe approach to the landing runway of your choice. Sometimes you may fly a straight in approach and sometimes you will fly a circuit or part of a circuit. The challenge is to create a time table for your flight where all factors fit together. And don't forget the influence of the wind. I use the (ground) speed of the cruising phase as a means to slow down a bit or to gain a bit of time.
There is no prescribed altitude. I try to fly as low as possible based on the LittleNavMap altitude profile. For me low altitude means nicer screen shots.
Kind regards, Luuk WWA3609
P.S. How you plan your flight is a very personal thing and all pilots have there own way of dealing with the challenge of the target time. For me, I don't use the intermediate airport as a checkpoint. I use intermediate waypoints (i call them speed checks) where I want to be at a certain time. And to get the best result, the last speed check is the most important one. That one, in combination with the timing of the last descent procedure, determines the result.
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Post by dca1416 on Apr 4, 2023 13:22:14 GMT
Hey Luuk,
Thank you for the response. With your explanation and looking at the pilot roster again I think I have a good understanding of how to proceed. Much appreciated.
Mike
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Post by Allan Lowson on Apr 4, 2023 16:29:17 GMT
The Little Navmap files were created from just editing a total route flightplan that I had set the legs from. Apologies if default settings in Little Navmap crept in.
The last column in the Airport and Flight Summary sheet shows the Maximum Elevation figure in feet of terrain along the route to the next airport.
That should give you a reasonable guide to minimum heights for each leg. Any lower and you may upset the local wombats in their burrows. This could get the Rally Director in trouble.
Cheers, Allan
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Post by Cees Cools on Apr 14, 2023 14:16:52 GMT
Hi Allen,
In the description of Leg 06 (Flightplans & Maps) a field elevation of 22 ft for YLEO is mentioned. According to LNM the field elevation should be 1210 ft
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Post by roghanson on Apr 15, 2023 21:22:05 GMT
Nice to be back. I almost missed it as I kept looking up to the middle of March then problems at home and with MSFS meant I forgot to look and only just made it before last nights deadline.
This year I'm attempting it in the British European Airways ( G-AGHL ) DC3 on MSFS - should be fun but hard work. I haven't found a way to put the timer in the aircraft so am doing it the hard way with a clock.
I have to say the scenery around these airports is astounding in MSFS, the colours, elevations and detail are way, way better that flying in FSX the last time I did this. I've already managed to do two flights and am looking forward to see what the next flights bring.
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Post by Paughco on Apr 16, 2023 2:34:38 GMT
Nice to be back. I almost missed it as I kept looking up to the middle of March then problems at home and with MSFS meant I forgot to look and only just made it before last nights deadline. This year I'm attempting it in the British European Airways ( G-AGHL ) DC3 on MSFS - should be fun but hard work. I haven't found a way to put the timer in the aircraft so am doing it the hard way with a clock. I have to say the scenery around these airports is astounding in MSFS, the colours, elevations and detail are way, way better that flying in FSX the last time I did this. I've already managed to do two flights and am looking forward to see what the next flights bring. Glad you are back. These flight are lots of fun. Good people puttin' 'em together, and all of us crazy people flyin' 'em. Meanwhile, bleep MSFS. I'll switch from P3D v5 to MSFS right after they get Army 155, my A2A P-40 working in MSFS. Not until. Meanwhile, I'll keep flying in P3D (no entertainment allowed). Keep on rockin' in a free world, man ATB
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Post by jazzthom on Apr 20, 2023 12:55:21 GMT
Hi roghanson! Welcome with MSFS!!! would be great if you could load up some screenshots,to see if its really that great; as my setup is an overloaded FSX on an ancient XP machine...... so maybe it's time to swap??!?!?! maybe....
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Post by Paughco on Apr 21, 2023 16:55:13 GMT
Ernie, Nancy, and I completed the mission - all ten flights. It was great. I totally enjoyed it. Since I was flying my C-47 in the P3D sim I was careful to avoid being entertained... Thank you, Allan, for putting together this great series of flights. Seeya ATB
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Post by Allan Lowson on May 3, 2023 16:16:08 GMT
Thanks to all who helped to set up this event, putting up with my glitches along the way, and also all who have participated. I hope it has been fun.
Our next Autumnish Rally will be in August, so maybe Summer instead. After an excellent suggestion by Bill Lockwood it will be about half the length of this event and will follow the route of the CAM 8 Air Mail Route.
This will give the option of either flying something slower, like an appropriate biplane, than needed for the GAAR, or flying the same aircraft for half the time.
DC-3 Airways will be running their DC-3 Virtual Airways World Tour 2023 in October. Details can be found on the DC-3 Airways website. For those who are not familiar with the DC3 Airways World Tours, there will be a number of scenic flights throughout the world using DC-3 flown during October.
A further event will be set up on Bluegrass. Wayne Knowles has kindly tweeked the South American Rally from 2011 so that it can be flown at any time without a test flight or registration. This will be a Perpetual South American totally free of time constraints for participating. Anyone choosing to run the event will be encouraged to comment in the forum during/after their run. Details will be ironed out as we go along!
Cheers, Allan
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