July 15, 20232 yr Made a loose flight plan great for flying helicopter, following the route of the Tour De France, Stage 14 on 15 July 2023. Starts at LFLI and ends at LSGB. LFLILSGB.pln Download link: https://file.io/9abfa0LhnXIc Stage 14 route: https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2023/stage-14/preview/
July 15, 20232 yr Excellent !!! Thanks for sharing !!! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 16, 20232 yr Pay no attention to the scenery. France is ugly! . . . . Not. It's breathtakingly beautiful along the tour ! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
July 16, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Fielder said: Pay no attention to the scenery. France is ugly! . . . . Not. It's breathtakingly beautiful along the tour ! And the French gals !!!! And the cinema !!!!! Et les croissants..... Edited July 16, 20232 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 16, 20232 yr Author Stage 15 for anyone who wants it! Route has us looking off to the left of the aircraft for the whole route. Circle start and finish. Profitez de la belle France! LFHMLFLI.pln Download link: https://file.io/yRawxn5MLobv Stage 15 route: https://pjammcycling.com/climb/3842.Tour-de-France-Stage-15
July 17, 20232 yr I flew about a third of all the stages so far. And I found a much more convenient way than having to build a flightplan. First of all, all stages start and end in the vicinity of an airfield that can services helicopters (one might think that is done on purpose 😉 ) The only thing you need now is LittleNavmap. Go to Velowire and then to the subsection that has all the stages: https://www.velowire.com/article/1116/en/the-tour-de-france-2023-race-route-on-open-street-maps-and-in-google-earth--stage-profiles-and-time--and-route-schedules.html At the end of that write up you will find a link to a KMZ file of all the stages, which you can then import into Littlenavmap. Those routes will then show up on your flight map. Now you only need to choose a Helicopter of your choice, use Littlenavmap as your moving map and follow the route on the map by hand. No flightplan needed. Just pick the nearest Airfield to the starting point of each leg and then navigate your way to the actual start. I can recommend the first 3 Stages in Spain, then you can skip the 4th, then fly the 5th and 6th, then do the 9th and 10th then skip ahead to 13 and do the rest. If you have a VR Setup that is quite the experience, especially in a Heli like the Cabri and if you try to fly no faster than 60-80knots and no higher than 750ft AGL. Depending on the length of the leg that will take you between 90 Minutes and 2 Hours per leg. Edited July 17, 20232 yr by Farlis
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