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Special Server Maintenance
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You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.
- November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
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Formation Landing (MV F-100D)
- Thread starter Mach3DS
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Mach3DS
Charter Member
Thanks guys! Gordon, what you see is what you get! I used shadow play to record so there's no going back to capture "the perfect shot" so eveythi ng you see was realtime. Glad you enjoyed it!
The cool part about formation once you're in the zone, is that if you can imagine I didn't actually look at my airspeed until after I landed. I was trusting that Toby was on speed and altitude.
The cool part about formation once you're in the zone, is that if you can imagine I didn't actually look at my airspeed until after I landed. I was trusting that Toby was on speed and altitude.
ejoiner
Charter Member
Hey, all:
If you feel inspired by Rick's video of our session, let's connect and get you into some formation work. As Rick said, the key is to start out slow (and out wide, not tight), and just log time getting used to making small adjustments to hold position. It takes a few sessions, and you'll be surprised how you'll see yourself start dialing it in.
It's sort of a "Zen" thing as wingman, as you fly only by reference to Lead - don't look at your instruments, just focus on lead and holding your position. That's the "contract" between wingman and lead - wingman commits to staring at lead no matter what, and lead promises to not kill the flight...
For the record: none of us would yap away during a "critical phase of flight" in real life, right? Only in the sim, if everything looks stable. In this case, last-minute info replaced a pre-flight brief. Again, something we'd never skip in real life.
Hope you join us!
Toby
If you feel inspired by Rick's video of our session, let's connect and get you into some formation work. As Rick said, the key is to start out slow (and out wide, not tight), and just log time getting used to making small adjustments to hold position. It takes a few sessions, and you'll be surprised how you'll see yourself start dialing it in.
It's sort of a "Zen" thing as wingman, as you fly only by reference to Lead - don't look at your instruments, just focus on lead and holding your position. That's the "contract" between wingman and lead - wingman commits to staring at lead no matter what, and lead promises to not kill the flight...
For the record: none of us would yap away during a "critical phase of flight" in real life, right? Only in the sim, if everything looks stable. In this case, last-minute info replaced a pre-flight brief. Again, something we'd never skip in real life.
Hope you join us!
Toby
