Evita Race Progress
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JockHa meet Sven http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=18499
Sven meet JockHa http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=17862
I figured you guys were not on the same page as you both started threads.
I read this thread as you two were flying as a Team but now as I read it again it may mean you are just flying on line together. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showpost.php?p=198749&postcount=43
You may want to clarify that with Paul.
Sven meet JockHa http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=17862
I figured you guys were not on the same page as you both started threads.
I read this thread as you two were flying as a Team but now as I read it again it may mean you are just flying on line together. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showpost.php?p=198749&postcount=43
You may want to clarify that with Paul.
I'm proceeding along the assumption that JockHa and svenk are operating as "Team SAS." If this is incorrect, please let me know. If you are operating as a team, it is a little easier to manage if it's done on one thread. I did notice the duplicate legs. I took the latest one...
Hi Guys,
The story is: By the time I heard of the race, Jock had already signed up and of course I didn't want to just butt in and call us a team. So originally it was my intention to fly all the legs myself, but hoping to coordinate with Jock so we could fly online.
But as time is running and real-life matters keeps cropping up, I think it would be a better idea to run as a team - especially as Jock also is kind of busy at the moment. However, I haven't talked it over with him yet, so for now just keep on just tracking Jock. If need be, you can always put in my numbers since I haven't flown more than 1 leg yet...
I will be talking to Jock tomorrow (hopefully), and we'll get back to you soonest.
Thank you,
Sven
Team sas
Hi guys
Had a talk with Jock last night, and we've decided to fly the rest of the race as a team. Hence, I will post under Jock's thread and discontinue my own.
This at least gives us a chance to complete the race.
If someone could rename the thread to read something with Team SAS, it would be great.
BRGDS
Sven
Hi guys
Had a talk with Jock last night, and we've decided to fly the rest of the race as a team. Hence, I will post under Jock's thread and discontinue my own.
This at least gives us a chance to complete the race.
If someone could rename the thread to read something with Team SAS, it would be great.
BRGDS
Sven
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Update!
Congratulations to RedGreen, Gann’s Flying Circus, and Mchales Air Force, as they have completed the course and are now contributing to the law enforcement problem in Argentina!
For Buzzbee's next to last leg, I got the distance between the two airports from Super Flight Planner, and used the flight time, and fuel usage from the last leg, since they are very close to being the same length.
Congratulations to RedGreen, Gann’s Flying Circus, and Mchales Air Force, as they have completed the course and are now contributing to the law enforcement problem in Argentina!
For Buzzbee's next to last leg, I got the distance between the two airports from Super Flight Planner, and used the flight time, and fuel usage from the last leg, since they are very close to being the same length.
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
Looks good Paul.
While the Committee used "Race Time" and divided it into three geographic areas, it's interesting to also look at the performance of the competitors using comparable measurements.
In a joint statement today, officials from Rolls Royce, Canadair and McHale's Airline released an expanded set of calculations.
"This data demonstrates the significant superiority of inline V-12 engines over the round, high-drag, 18+ cylinder radials (one war-surplus Boeing mini-whale excepted). Most telling is a Fuel/1000nm calculation that shows the Rolls Royce Merlin-powered aircraft to be almost twice as efficient as the corncob Boeings and significantly better than virtually all of the competitors. While post-war production is still hampered by the massive rebuilding effort in a fragile economy, it can be seen that Rolls Royce and it's partners can provide the emerging airlines with significant economic advantages in competitive industry. This powerplant, paired with modern, developed, pressurized airframes and improved navigation technology that is on the horizon will be able to make faster, cheaper air travel a part of the future."
"Of course, real-world airline planning is based on round-trip service. While the Pacific competitors had a preponderance of tailwinds during this demonstration flight, the McHale's Airline intensive testing program found that the return headwind could be significantly avoided at the expense of only slightly higher (approx 15%) Rolls Royce Merlin fuel consumptions by flying at FL180-210 westbound and avoiding the Jetstream effects."
It would be interesting to see what the end result would be after a flight "home".
Speaking of "home", are you going to stay in Tahiti forever????
While the Committee used "Race Time" and divided it into three geographic areas, it's interesting to also look at the performance of the competitors using comparable measurements.
In a joint statement today, officials from Rolls Royce, Canadair and McHale's Airline released an expanded set of calculations.
"This data demonstrates the significant superiority of inline V-12 engines over the round, high-drag, 18+ cylinder radials (one war-surplus Boeing mini-whale excepted). Most telling is a Fuel/1000nm calculation that shows the Rolls Royce Merlin-powered aircraft to be almost twice as efficient as the corncob Boeings and significantly better than virtually all of the competitors. While post-war production is still hampered by the massive rebuilding effort in a fragile economy, it can be seen that Rolls Royce and it's partners can provide the emerging airlines with significant economic advantages in competitive industry. This powerplant, paired with modern, developed, pressurized airframes and improved navigation technology that is on the horizon will be able to make faster, cheaper air travel a part of the future."
"Of course, real-world airline planning is based on round-trip service. While the Pacific competitors had a preponderance of tailwinds during this demonstration flight, the McHale's Airline intensive testing program found that the return headwind could be significantly avoided at the expense of only slightly higher (approx 15%) Rolls Royce Merlin fuel consumptions by flying at FL180-210 westbound and avoiding the Jetstream effects."
It would be interesting to see what the end result would be after a flight "home".
Speaking of "home", are you going to stay in Tahiti forever????
Interesting that you should bring up the issue of Merlin engines on those Canadian C-54s vs. the radials used by the Yanks. Your man Don McVicar had an opinion on this very subject. He thought the Canadian decision to go with Merlins was a dumb idea for two reasons. 1) the in-lines were much noisier than the radials, and 2) they had a much shorter service life. They were great for war planes, where service life was basically no big deal, but for a civil airliner, which would operate the engines for longer periods of time and more often, the choice of the in-lines was a bad business decision.