Race Practice Thread #4

[MM 422]

A few shots of the Concorde Convention. (a) Sven taking off from Tahiti, (:( and then performing a low flyover to thrill the crowd at Christmas Island, and © Jan settling the Concorde, despite a tailwind, to the pleasure of Greg, Buzz, Jeff and Mike.Best,Mikehttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/166222.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/166223.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/166224.jpg

[Guest Jozef_K]

Posted on the wrong place. Sorry.Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

[Guest Jozef_K]

In the Maule (FS2004)Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

[Guest Jozef_K]

Baton free at LIPBJozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

[jt_williams 291]

FSX in the Pony, Offline.

[jt_williams 291]

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[Guest Speed]

You missed the point of that leg which was to get to LIPB without going over 8500' by trying to find a route out of the mountains. I gave up on that leg because I dont know how to even plan such a flight without sectionals of the area.

[Guest Jozef_K]

Hi Speed,No, I did not miss the point. I think we are not practicing with the altitude restrictions. But correct me if I am wrong.Nevertheless, when you want to stay below 8,500 feet, here is the route:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/166272.gifI don't have any sectionals either, only using the TAWS gauge and FSNavigator. Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

[Guest Speed]

Ahh, fly the river....I should of though of that, mind you it was night when I tried and I could barely make out the mountains let alone a river. I noticed that the legs before were under 8500' so I assumed we were flying last year's course under the same rules and pointed it out because I had attempted and abandoned that leg for that reason. So my post was probably more about defending my failure than trying to point anything out to a fellow veteran. ;)

[Guest Jozef_K]

Hi Speed,I fortunately live in the same time zone as Samedan and Bolzano, so I could fly it at daylight. Made it so much easier. There is only one tricky part in that route, where you have to cross the mountains to get to that other river valley (between fix01 and fix02). It is narrow, but you can stay at 8,400 feet altitude. I did not take your post as criticism. We are all practicing for the big event!Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

[Guest 2002cbr600f4i]

Likewise, I did my legs in there staying under 8500 (or as close as I could...)I just turned on the TER mode on the built in GPS and looked for paths through the mountains where the elevations were lower. Forced you to fly some round-about routes, but it IS do-able without the TAWS gauge.One question. During one of my hops through the mountains, the Duenna started flashing a PA alert in YELLOW. I was only over 8500' by maybe 40 ft for several seconds. Would that disqualify my leg or do you have to stay over 8500ft for a certain period of time before it's invalidated? --Mike

[Guest Jozef_K]

Mike,The first yellow flashing is a warning. Two comulative readings above 8500' PA trigger an exception and the flight is invalid (when flying under altitude restrictions). You can read it here:http://johannesmueller.com/fsforum/viewtop...b742d96f8d65c24Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

[DarkCharizma 10]

In the P-51D, taking it to Frankfurt!Using a pre-edition Duenna that is FSX compatible (though no altitude check, and I see we're still in the mountains, so I'll try to keep below 8500' anyway :)), found it here: http://johannesmueller.com/fsforum/viewtopic.php?t=257Hopefully he doesn't mind that I use it?Klas

[DarkCharizma 10]

Baton freeDuenna to followKlashttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/166302.jpg

[arrvoo 6]

As we've now completed last years race i'm going to close this thread and continue the practice in a new one