Team AVSIM 2016 RTWR Practice Thread

[Rndguy35 1]

Baton free at KBPT. 

[spokes2112 179]

 

 

So my Photoshop skills were a complete waste then?

 

Just caught that - Hilarious!!!    I'm going to have to take your green paintbrush away until March... :Shame On You: 

 

 

 

Feeling a little bit like the tinman here.  Need some oil here...and there....r.u.s.t.y!

 

 

Not so Travis.. Nice flight! 397 avg!   And an unmodified .jpg to boot LOL.

 

OT - Will not be able to make Saturday's flight. Won't be able to join in on practices until next week.... I have been practicing though, just a different arena. Need to finish this up pronto.  

[Ron Attwood 3,465]

Rule iii There is an absolute time limit of 3 hours for any leg. Legs exceeding this limit are automatically invalid. Legs lasting for more than two hours are automatically penalized by three minutes for each minute by which the previous leg exceeded this two-hour limit.

 

 

I've been pondering this one all night.

 

As I read it, if you are in a race and are not fast enough, you are made to be even slower! Isn't being a slowcoach penalty enough?

 

Call me dim, but I can't see the logic of that rule.

[Lowflyer 97]

I've been pondering this one all night.

 

As I read it, if you are in a race and are not fast enough, you are made to be even slower! Isn't being a slowcoach penalty enough?

 

Call me dim, but I can't see the logic of that rule.

 

You're not the only one. Sounds to me like giving a race driver a weight penalty for being too slow.

[spokes2112 179]

Change of plans - a quickie before the weekend.
I have the baton KBPT --> KEYW in the A2A P-51H. Full race trim, TS, VPN, FSHost & Beta Duenna. Using FSRealWX Pro.
 

As I read it, if you are in a race and are not fast enough, you are made to be even slower! Isn't being a slowcoach penalty enough?

I believe that particular rule is aimed at participation. "Don't bogart all the time available for others to fly." There are specific legs available for slower aircraft. It is a touchy one.. (subject that is) Maybe throw the discussion up at this topic so the committee can see it.

[spokes2112 179]

Baton free @ KEYW. WOWSA! The first half of the last third of the flight was reminiscent of what Jeff went through last year.Was getting tossed around with 60* of bank in both directions for a good 20 minutes. Need to clean the cockpit of lunch.

 

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=51yf5nfUThkAXzuEk4Wpf0Ze5Mg

 

 

 

 

 

Landing with what Eric Cartman would say - "Authoritah!"

 

  

[jt_williams 291]

I've been pondering this one all night.

 

As I read it, if you are in a race and are not fast enough, you are made to be even slower! Isn't being a slowcoach penalty enough?

 

Call me dim, but I can't see the logic of that rule.

 

The general rules says that legs should be 2hrs or less and not exceed 750nm. 

 

So the first leg was less than 750nm and I was able to complete the leg in less than 2hrs, but Ron flew a slower plane and was unable to reach KONM within the 2hr time limit.  Ron could have decided to shorten the leg and stay within the 2hr restriction (which is what I would recommend in a race).  This is also why we try to use our thouroughbreds on the long legs - so we can get them done under 2 hrs.  The time penalty for exceeding 2hrs imposes an ever increasing time penalty for missing the mark which should encourage teams to plan carefully and monitor their legs. 

[Bryan Rosier 31]

Lets see if FSX is working well .

 

 I have the Baton  KEYW - MDBH in FSX F-8F2 LR Bearcat  on DC`s FS Host using ASN weather

[Eamonn Watson 32]

I thought you were using P3D Bry? How's that working out for you?

[Bryan Rosier 31]

Baton is free at MDBH     .    New install of FSX seems to be behaving itself

 

 

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?flight=z33T93QJwqIRQI8h9nAyD64Ag

Hi Eamonn , P3D V3 good and bad .

 

It`s fantastic and solid , however since RTW testing it has a few issues .

 

V3 does not like the Duenna , It recognises it as "Unknown P3D" and will not accept/recognise the realism settings . V2 seems okay in this respect , however more alarmingly is the performance / Fuel burn of FSX/FS9 native race aircraft is miles away from the FSX figures !!!!!  Not sure how but as an example the Rob Richardson Hornet F1 goes like a rocket and has about half the range as it does in FSX !! 

 

With this in mind I decided to install a basic FSX with the usual planes and FTX Global for now .   It runs sweet so I`m happy

[Eamonn Watson 32]

 

 

V3 does not like the Duenna , It recognises it as "Unknown P3D" and will not accept/recognise the realism settings . V2 seems okay in this respect , however more alarmingly is the performance / Fuel burn of FSX/FS9 native race aircraft is miles away from the FSX figures !!!!!  Not sure how but as an example the Rob Richardson Hornet F1 goes like a rocket and has about half the range as it does in FSX !! 

 

I do not have a copy of P3D V3 to test unfortunately, I however am updating the V2.0 version of the Duenna to allow V3 access.

[Bryan Rosier 31]

Aaaahhh . Actually that may be my bad on the Hornet . In my rush to test the race aircraft on P3DV3  I forgot to update the Hornet with the SOH race FDE .    Bet that`ll be what was throwing me

[Eamonn Watson 32]

Hey Bry, can you do me a favour and let me know where your Prepar3D.cfg file is on your PC?, where your aircraft.cfg file is for the plane you use (so the simobjects folder) and can you send me a copy of the Prepar3D.cfg file?

 

Much appreciated.

[Eamonn Watson 32]

I have the baton MDBH - TGPY in the A2a P51-H (Aircraft Factory version)

[Eamonn Watson 32]

Baton free at TGPY

 

 

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/zl2xfc2QWIfFi0ZAPfELFt05iMA.txt