Introduction
During the Pacific War, hundreds of airfields were constructed on islands across the Pacific Ocean. While many of these airports fell into disuse and disappeared after the war ended, a large number survive today. In this event, you will use FS9 and FSX to visit some of the airports that played an important part in that conflict. The challenge will be to find them using only the navigation methods of pilotage, dead reckoning, and ADF stations.
Date
The race will start at 00:00 GMT on 1 MAY 2011, and will run for 30 days, or until all pilots have completed the event.
Route
The race will consist of a full stop landing at each of the following airports, in any order:
AYBK Buka
AGGM Munda
AYTK Tokua (Rabaul)
AYKV Kavieng
CPG Cape Gloucester
AYPY Jacksons (Port Morseby)
AYGN Gurney (Milne Bay)
AYGR Girua (Dobodura)
AYNZ Nadzab
FIN Finschhafen
GSP Gusap
AYWK Boram (Wewak)
WAJJ Sentani (Hollandia)
WABB Frans Kaisiepo (Biak)
RPMD Bangoy (Davao)
You must start the race at any airport of your choosing not listed among the required stops above, then land at least once at each required field. You may land at any airport in the FSX or FS9 database during the course of the race, but each leg flown will be recorded as an official race leg, and the time counted against your total. A leg is defined as a take off from one airport, followed by a landing at another. The first leg, from your starting point to the first required landing, will count as an official race leg. There is no penalty for landing at an airport not listed among the official race waypoints, beyond the time accumulated against your total.
Aircraft
Any piston engine powered aircraft that was placed into operational service before 1 July 1944 is eligible for the event. “Operational service” means the aircraft was assigned to an operational squadron, even if that squadron hadn’t participated in combat operations by the cutoff date of 1 July 1944.
At the end of the event, three winners will be declared, a fighter class, bomber class, and transport/patrol class winner. Before the start of the event, pilots must declare the class in which they will participate.
In cases where aircraft were designed for one purpose, but used in another, the primary classification will prevail. For example, an LB-30 or C-87 will be classified as a bomber (B-24.) The race committee will classify “ambiguous” cases as they arise.
Allowed modifications to aircraft include panel and gauge changes, and changes to the aircraft.cfg file that do not affect flight characteristics. For example, if the plane you choose does not have a ADF radio installed, you may add it to the aircraft.cfg file, since this does not affect how the aircraft flies. Flight dynamics, aircraft geometry, engine, and fuel sections may not be altered.
Navigation
Allowed navigation methods include pilotage, dead reckoning, and ADF stations. The GPS is not allowed. You may not connect to third-party navigation software that displays your location on a map. VOR, DME, and ILS radios may not be used. Gauges that indicate your aircraft’s drift angle, fuel state/TTG/TTE/ETE, and true airspeed/ground speed, are permitted.
Race Procedures
When the race starts, each pilot will start a thread in the SOH RTW Racing/Multiplayer forum. This thread will contain posts marking the official start and stop of each race leg.
A race leg begins when you post “I am taking off from XXXX and going to YYYY” where “XXXX and “YYYY” are the ICAO codes of the origin and destination airports. The leg ends when you land at YYYY, and make another post stating that you have landed at airport YYYY. Each leg must be validated using the FS-Duenna flight tracker. The map graphic and associated text file must be posted as attachments to the leg completion post, or to a subsequent post in the race thread.
If you cannot use the Duenna program, you may still participate. Your flight time will counted as the forum time between your departure post ("Flying from XXXX to YYYY) and your arrival post ("Arrived at YYYY"). In these cases you must also post a screenshot of the MSFS Flight Analysis Screen, zoomed out sufficiently to show the beginning and ending airports of the leg.
If the airport you land at is not the one you intended, or if you deliberately choose an alternate field for any reason (got lost, got tired, ran out of gas), the leg is officially complete and it must be recorded as such. The next leg will begin from this airport. There is no other penalty for landing at any FSX or FS9 airport during the course of the race. The only requirement is that you must land at least once at each of the required fields.
If you crash on landing, take off, CFIT (flying into mountains, trees, buildings etc.) or due to overstress or over speed, the time spent during the flight will count against your total. In these cases you must still post your duenna data, or record the time as elapsed between take off and crash posts. The next leg must start from the last previous good landing, not from the mishap airport. If a computer or sim failure interrupts your leg, you may restart the mishap leg without any time accumulated against your total.
You may fly legs at any time. As such, the simulator time may be set to daylight as desired
FS Settings:
Weather:
The winner in each class will be the pilot with the least flight time, as determined by adding the Duenna logged flight times for all legs flown. For valid legs without a Duenna log (Flight Analysis screen posted) the leg time will be determined by the forum times between the start and stop post for that leg.
Appendix 1: FS-Duenna
The FS-Duenna flight tracker can be found here. The download links can be found at the bottom of the page. Download and install the full version, Rev. 44. Then download and install Update Rev 131.
Appendix 2: Aircraft Classes
The following list is not all inclusive, but is meant to help decide how various airplanes will be classified for this event:
Bomber Class:
Aichi,D3A
Avro,Lancaster
Boeing,B-17
Boeing,B-29
Bristol,Blenheim
Bristol,Beaufort
Bristol,Beaufighter
Consolidated,B-24
Curtiss,SB2C
Douglas,TBD
Douglas,A-20
Douglas,SBD
Grumman,TBF
Lockheed,Hudson
Martin,B-26
Mitsubishi,G4M
Mitsubishi,G3M
Mitsubishi,Ki-21
Nakajima,B5N
North American,B-25
Fighter Class:
Bell,P-39
Brewster,F2A
CAAC,Boomerang
Curtiss,P-40
Curtiss,P-36
DeHavilland,Mosquito
Grumman,F4F
Grumman,F6F
Hawker,Hurricane
Hawker,Typhoon
Kawasaki,Ki-45
Kawasaki,Ki-61
Lockheed,P-38
Mitsubishi,A6M
Mitsubishi,Ki-46
Mitsubishi,J2M
Nakajima,Ki-44
Nakajima,K-43
North American,P-51
Northrop,P-61
Republic,P-47
Supermarine,Spitfire
Vought,F4U
Westland,Whirlwind
Patrol/Transport Class:
Boeing,C-75/B-307
Consolidated,PBY
Curtiss,C-46
Douglas,C-54
Douglas,C-47
Douglas,DC-2
Martin,PBM
Mitsubishi,Ki-57
During the Pacific War, hundreds of airfields were constructed on islands across the Pacific Ocean. While many of these airports fell into disuse and disappeared after the war ended, a large number survive today. In this event, you will use FS9 and FSX to visit some of the airports that played an important part in that conflict. The challenge will be to find them using only the navigation methods of pilotage, dead reckoning, and ADF stations.
Date
The race will start at 00:00 GMT on 1 MAY 2011, and will run for 30 days, or until all pilots have completed the event.
Route
The race will consist of a full stop landing at each of the following airports, in any order:
AYBK Buka
AGGM Munda
AYTK Tokua (Rabaul)
AYKV Kavieng
CPG Cape Gloucester
AYPY Jacksons (Port Morseby)
AYGN Gurney (Milne Bay)
AYGR Girua (Dobodura)
AYNZ Nadzab
FIN Finschhafen
GSP Gusap
AYWK Boram (Wewak)
WAJJ Sentani (Hollandia)
WABB Frans Kaisiepo (Biak)
RPMD Bangoy (Davao)
You must start the race at any airport of your choosing not listed among the required stops above, then land at least once at each required field. You may land at any airport in the FSX or FS9 database during the course of the race, but each leg flown will be recorded as an official race leg, and the time counted against your total. A leg is defined as a take off from one airport, followed by a landing at another. The first leg, from your starting point to the first required landing, will count as an official race leg. There is no penalty for landing at an airport not listed among the official race waypoints, beyond the time accumulated against your total.
Aircraft
Any piston engine powered aircraft that was placed into operational service before 1 July 1944 is eligible for the event. “Operational service” means the aircraft was assigned to an operational squadron, even if that squadron hadn’t participated in combat operations by the cutoff date of 1 July 1944.
At the end of the event, three winners will be declared, a fighter class, bomber class, and transport/patrol class winner. Before the start of the event, pilots must declare the class in which they will participate.
In cases where aircraft were designed for one purpose, but used in another, the primary classification will prevail. For example, an LB-30 or C-87 will be classified as a bomber (B-24.) The race committee will classify “ambiguous” cases as they arise.
Allowed modifications to aircraft include panel and gauge changes, and changes to the aircraft.cfg file that do not affect flight characteristics. For example, if the plane you choose does not have a ADF radio installed, you may add it to the aircraft.cfg file, since this does not affect how the aircraft flies. Flight dynamics, aircraft geometry, engine, and fuel sections may not be altered.
Navigation
Allowed navigation methods include pilotage, dead reckoning, and ADF stations. The GPS is not allowed. You may not connect to third-party navigation software that displays your location on a map. VOR, DME, and ILS radios may not be used. Gauges that indicate your aircraft’s drift angle, fuel state/TTG/TTE/ETE, and true airspeed/ground speed, are permitted.
Race Procedures
When the race starts, each pilot will start a thread in the SOH RTW Racing/Multiplayer forum. This thread will contain posts marking the official start and stop of each race leg.
A race leg begins when you post “I am taking off from XXXX and going to YYYY” where “XXXX and “YYYY” are the ICAO codes of the origin and destination airports. The leg ends when you land at YYYY, and make another post stating that you have landed at airport YYYY. Each leg must be validated using the FS-Duenna flight tracker. The map graphic and associated text file must be posted as attachments to the leg completion post, or to a subsequent post in the race thread.
If you cannot use the Duenna program, you may still participate. Your flight time will counted as the forum time between your departure post ("Flying from XXXX to YYYY) and your arrival post ("Arrived at YYYY"). In these cases you must also post a screenshot of the MSFS Flight Analysis Screen, zoomed out sufficiently to show the beginning and ending airports of the leg.
If the airport you land at is not the one you intended, or if you deliberately choose an alternate field for any reason (got lost, got tired, ran out of gas), the leg is officially complete and it must be recorded as such. The next leg will begin from this airport. There is no other penalty for landing at any FSX or FS9 airport during the course of the race. The only requirement is that you must land at least once at each of the required fields.
If you crash on landing, take off, CFIT (flying into mountains, trees, buildings etc.) or due to overstress or over speed, the time spent during the flight will count against your total. In these cases you must still post your duenna data, or record the time as elapsed between take off and crash posts. The next leg must start from the last previous good landing, not from the mishap airport. If a computer or sim failure interrupts your leg, you may restart the mishap leg without any time accumulated against your total.
You may fly legs at any time. As such, the simulator time may be set to daylight as desired
FS Settings:
Weather:
- Real-World Weather must be used.
- "Download winds aloft..." box must be checked.
- "Disable turbulence effect on aircraft" box must be unchecked.
- Unlimited fuel checkbox unchecked.
- Crash detection enabled.
- General and Crash Tolerance sliders set to the realistic position (full right)
- Aircraft Stress Causes Damage enabled.
- En-route refueling.
- Time acceleration.
The winner in each class will be the pilot with the least flight time, as determined by adding the Duenna logged flight times for all legs flown. For valid legs without a Duenna log (Flight Analysis screen posted) the leg time will be determined by the forum times between the start and stop post for that leg.
Appendix 1: FS-Duenna
The FS-Duenna flight tracker can be found here. The download links can be found at the bottom of the page. Download and install the full version, Rev. 44. Then download and install Update Rev 131.
Appendix 2: Aircraft Classes
The following list is not all inclusive, but is meant to help decide how various airplanes will be classified for this event:
Bomber Class:
Aichi,D3A
Avro,Lancaster
Boeing,B-17
Boeing,B-29
Bristol,Blenheim
Bristol,Beaufort
Bristol,Beaufighter
Consolidated,B-24
Curtiss,SB2C
Douglas,TBD
Douglas,A-20
Douglas,SBD
Grumman,TBF
Lockheed,Hudson
Martin,B-26
Mitsubishi,G4M
Mitsubishi,G3M
Mitsubishi,Ki-21
Nakajima,B5N
North American,B-25
Fighter Class:
Bell,P-39
Brewster,F2A
CAAC,Boomerang
Curtiss,P-40
Curtiss,P-36
DeHavilland,Mosquito
Grumman,F4F
Grumman,F6F
Hawker,Hurricane
Hawker,Typhoon
Kawasaki,Ki-45
Kawasaki,Ki-61
Lockheed,P-38
Mitsubishi,A6M
Mitsubishi,Ki-46
Mitsubishi,J2M
Nakajima,Ki-44
Nakajima,K-43
North American,P-51
Northrop,P-61
Republic,P-47
Supermarine,Spitfire
Vought,F4U
Westland,Whirlwind
Patrol/Transport Class:
Boeing,C-75/B-307
Consolidated,PBY
Curtiss,C-46
Douglas,C-54
Douglas,C-47
Douglas,DC-2
Martin,PBM
Mitsubishi,Ki-57
