Great Ozzie WesternRoundup Bronze Class (Low)

Ms. Murphy's response.

I passed the "Murphy Monroe" lettering on the wall and thought that it should be etched in a "danger ahead" bright red color. Turned into the office and reported on our private communication with the pilot. This information caught Ms. Murphy's attention. She turned to her computer, flashed a few keystrokes, and examined the numbers on the screen.

"Yes, Carenado have modeled their Bonanza A36 with a "max_indicated_speed=184" and that number is 20kts lower than published in the FAA type certificate. It is similarly lower than other published numbers and is, apparently, lower than the red line on the ASI. So the pilot's mistake is understandable."

"In a harsher environment, the pilot would just pay the consequences. However, as our man Willy keeps pointing out, the Western Roundup is not the ultra-competitive RWTR. We do not expect our pilots to do a lot of pre-event testing and preparation. So we shall be lenient for our pilots' early legs."

"Tell the young man that he has two options."
a. He may ignore the 'crash' leg and start over with a clean logbook. He should thereafter heed the lower-than-expected Vne as modeled by Carenado.

b. He may immediately choose another aircraft from the White List for his "Bronze" class entry. If chosen right away, this alternate choice will qualify as "prize-eligible."
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"And MM," she called as I tried to scurry out the door, "tell all the pilots to pay attention to their Vne, that is their 'max-indicated_speed' parameters. We cannot have our fellows constantly falling out of the sky."

So if you have not done so, please look at your aircraft.cfg file and find your "max_indicated_speed=xxx" number and watch your ASI like a hawk. These General Aviation aircraft will not take as much abuse as other more sturdy aircraft.
 
MM said:
I passed the "Murphy Monroe" lettering on the wall and thought that it should be etched in a "danger ahead" bright red color.
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This anywhere near her office door? (pic below)


Tell Ms. Murphy "Thanks" and I appreciate her gracious forbearance.


I'll just go ahead with the Bonanza and take the 10min penalty... and make Vno the new Vne (as with Turbine conversions)... at least when descending.

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Departing KBFI for KHQM
 
Down safely @ KHQM

Flight Time: 00:28:06
Distance: 74.3 nm

Takeoff GW: 2751.7 lbs
Landing GW: 2706.4 lbs

Fuel Used: 45.3 lbs
Penalty: 00:10:00
 
Departing 4S2 for KEATS...

"zero dark thirty"

"Up in the morning with the rising sun..."

"Gonna fly all day 'till the day is done..."

Birds outside my window sound like I am sitting in a plane @ Bowerman

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A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

In the Beechcraft, the mighty Beechcraft,
The banker sleeps tonight...
In the Beechcraft the quiet Beechcraft,
The banker sleeps tonight...

Weeheeheehee dee heeheeheehee weeoh aweem away
 
Departing Bozeman for Jackson Hole

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Well... Ms. Murph should be tickled proverbially pink...

Instead of swishing the top of pines at the 10,000' level for a minute or so when flying direct KJAC, I decided to set up about a dozen waypoints in the FSX planner so as to follow Hwy 191 thru the Gallatin Natl. Forest.

Can't use Dual GNS430s since the FSX GPS500 has the custom waypoints (also lose NAV 1 & 2 as a result)... and no info on the GPS500 other than groundspeed. Bleeh...

The things we do to please the ones we love...
 
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