RTWR 2018 Practice 4

[ponchovilla]

I have the Baton SLTJ-SAZN in the FS9 Default B744.
Second flight, using default aircraft. Unlimited time and distance as stipulated in the rules.

 

[Moses03]

Late wingman in the FSX default 747 from SLTJ to SAZN. Default WX.

On TS.

 

[ponchovilla]

Baton is free at SAZN.

View attachment FlightLog_15-43-54.TXT

 

[Moses03]

Wingman down at SAZN.

Winds got pretty shifty and had to back off to keep from overspeeding.

 

[srgalahad]

I have the baton SAZN to SAVC
Virtavia DH Hornet SOH2012
FS9 default wx

 

[srgalahad]

ETE 45 minutes.
Gotta love a GS of 451 Kts

 

[srgalahad]

10 minutes. Starting down momentarily

 

[srgalahad]

baton is free at SAVC

 

[Milton Shupe]

The baton is free at SBPV
I knew there was a good reason for keeping FS9 on the laptop.
Smooth flight, late at night. All lovely until the cloud and fog for the last 10 miles over a dark jungle.. sure... normal.
Nice feeling to have something working.

That is exactly why I use FS9 for the race. There are more than enough gotchas to get ya anyway; why not eliminate what you can.

 

[Milton Shupe]

I have the baton SAVC to SCGZ
F7F-1 MShupe
FS9 default wx

 

[Milton Shupe]

Good tail wind, 49 knots.

449knots GS, 45 min ete

 

[Milton Shupe]

Down and safe at SCGZ

 

[MaddogK]

Ran right behind you Milton -w- fsrwx, I still believe in this bird.

 

[srgalahad]

Ahh! "get-home-itis' gets a gotcha...

SAVC-SCGZ
Summary: (from Milton's Duenna)
Direct distance: 547.9 nm
but wasn't there a 500nm distance limit? but wait.. what about that wildcard that Dave granted us? well, OK, but then it wasn't 'declared' for this leg. Hmmm..

Whisky and cigars in the Hideout.

 

[Dangerousdave26]

Good catch but I declare Practice 4 to be over with the lessons learned there in.

now if you excuse me I got to get to SBRF

 

[Milton Shupe]

Ran right behind you Milton -w- fsrwx, I still believe in this bird.

Hi MD.

Do you mean the F4U? Your speed/time was 50 knots slower and 11 minutes longer than the F7F-1.

We had a good tail wind over 55 knots most of the way; it should have been faster.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Quick Milton, declare a midflight crash and invoke rule 9F.

LOL Nope; it's done; can't change it. I'll take me lumps.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Ahh! "get-home-itis' gets a gotcha...

SAVC-SCGZ
Summary: (from Milton's Duenna)
Direct distance: 547.9 nm
but wasn't there a 500nm distance limit? but wait.. what about that wildcard that Dave granted us? well, OK, but then it wasn't 'declared' for this leg. Hmmm..

Whisky and cigars in the Hideout.

LOL Rules, smules; we don't need no stinkin' rules ...

 

[Milton Shupe]

heh, I might have caught you had the leg been longer- I had 70 kt winds at cruising alt, tho oddly both flights being almost at the same time, you had almost quadruple the tailwind. Hmmm....

My avg GS was 405 versus yours at 357, and 11 minutes is a lot longer on a short flight (that's 10 hours longer in a 36 leg race). The F4U is not a contender and should not be used. The old F7F-300 we used to fly should not be used (use the newer F7F-1 version instead).