An open letter to the 2010 RTW Race Rules Committee

[jkcook28]

...snip..I'm all for simplification of some of the rules but one day I'd like to see some importance put on fuel usage. The Jug is a rocket and uses ungodly amounts of fuel and IMHO should be penalized for it (as well as a few others), but few can keep up with a Mustang-H.

In defense of the P-47, it uses lots of gas, but it carries lots of gas. In the case of the P-51H comparison, 590gal vs 412gal; a full 33% more. And it does perform accurately speed-wise, unlike the H stang. my .02 cents.

You need to jump in the practice now too MD.

 

[Spookster67]

now compound that with the new team comprised of ex-devs of MS who may have inside knowledge of FS quirks.

Which team is that then?!

 

[MaddogK]

Which team is that then?!

I thought some of your guys were some old Aces Studio devs, if not sorry I overestimates ya's.

 

[Spookster67]

I thought some of your guys were some old Aces Studio devs, if not sorry I overestimates ya's.

No, not us. Just a bunch of flight simmers (and a couple of real life pilots), who are just about capable of installing new skins and understanding config files. We get just as many problems with FSX glitches as the rest of you... :isadizzy:

And since we all fly on an FSX server, none of us use the (probably) more reliable FS2004.

Regards,
Martin.

 

[HaveBlue]

I have been on Flightsims team since 2005. I'm one of the lucky ones that just get told which plane to fly and where to fly it.
The rules are very complex and there are many of them. But because of the changes from year to year it keeps me coming back because I know that no two years are alike.
It's good now all teams have someone on the committee. Saying that I have never seen any biased decisions by them.
They will punish the most simple mistake because if they don't other teams will complain.
The mainstay rules are always the same so we have all year to learn them. We don't have to learn all the rules in 24 hrs, even though it seems that way.
The smaller and newer teams must sure find it overwhelming to get their heads around though.
I was so glad that SOH won in 2008. It meant every team had had at least one win. You guys proved you could do it.
You guys are fast- no doubt about it. Now you have teamspeak comms must be much better.
I sure do hope you guys are there in 2011. Same with ifly.
I would like to see no jets at all but it's said the race would take too long. I think the overall goal is to keep it to as close to 4 days as possible due to real world commitments.
The committee does a great job, I don't envy them one bit. And they do listen. Trying to keep everyone happy must be a real headache.
I do confess though that if it wasn't for my team-mates I would be totally lost.:isadizzy:

 

[MaddogK]

They TELL you which planes to fly ??

...How interesting.

 

[Henry]

They TELL you which planes to fly ??

...How interesting.

different strokes for different folks
well done to all!
H

 

[RFields]

They TELL you which planes to fly ??

...How interesting.

The team tells him and all pilots "We need a helicopter leg here" (He is the best helo pilot on the team) or "We need a dh-Hornet or P-51H leg here" or "It doesn't matter which plane is flown - just a fast safe leg".

The plane is always the pilot's choice, but all teams have legs where only certain aircraft are suitable to achieve the team goal. This is especially true on overwater and island hopping legs when any plane which is slower than the Hornet will not meet the range / two hour time limit goal. We had some legs from ZUCK to HADR where winds eliminated many aircraft like the P-38L or M or Bearcat or Tigercat from being able to complete the leg in the time limit.

FlightSim has been supportive of some potential rules changes to lessen the impact of the fastest aircraft for years - which the committee has not implemented - possibly eliminating drop tanks for all aircraft, requiring all aircraft to be multi-seat, multi-engine, possibly requiring half or 25% of the legs be flown in non-military warbird aircraft, etc.

I personally do not like limiting pilot choices, but the proposals from some SOH team members to ban the P-51H, the Do-335, the Alpha-Sim Hornet, the FSD Avanti, the Lionheart Epic LT would make the race more equitable and make a greater choice of aircraft competitive.

Unfortunately banning the P-51H would eliminate any FSX heavy team from being able to win.