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RTWR 2018 Practice 4

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Some thoughts.
Well, if you kick all the passengers off and load 'er chock full of fuel, she'll go a very long way indeed!:wink: I was thinking the B744 from Greenland to either CYHZ, TXKF, or LPLA depending on the winds, or heck, even to SOCA to take VERY advantage of the terms. (Yes, I know it's bad grammar - just trying to use it as humor.)
I thind rat-holing a default B744 flight from Greenland would be a good move. A lot of open ocean, that's where we should use it.
 
Spookster67 said:
I wonder what the range of the Default MS B747-400 is... :biggrin-new:
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It can go at least 5 miles after it runs out of fuel. A few years ago in a Race leg Fliger747 loaded the fuel to the aircraft as he would in the real thing. Opps bad idea he ran out on final the tanks are not configured the same as in the aircraft he flew. Luckily he saw it coming and had extra altitude on his side. He landed empty with only the pucker factor to show for it.
 
Dangerousdave26 said:
Were you doing a hard bank and yank? Tom did an excellent job on the air file. If you bank it too hard and pull back too hard on the rudder you will fall out of the sky. Unless you have at least 5000' of altitude. Then you might be able to recover.
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AHA! You hit the nail right on the head. I will have to remember that, and be a lot more gentle with the Cat. Thanks.

Mr. Shupe, That's exactly how I take off, but as Dave said, I tried to yank-n-bank onto course, while climbing out, once I got her cleaned up, and she bit me in the seat of the pants for it :D
I deserved what I got. She had her own quirks, like any plane does. I still love this plane!

I thind rat-holing a default B744 flight from Greenland would be a good move. A lot of open ocean, that's where we should use it.
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Well, that leaves me out. I seem to have a mental block when it comes to flying tubes. Of any sort. No matter HOW many T&G's I try to do, I just can not seem to land one worth a darn. I try to do T&G's, I wind up with an approach, and a very nice crash. EVERY time...
Secondarily, I just can't stay up long enough for the Greenland-SCGZ leg. Medical problems prohibit.
Other than all that, I'd be happy to take any leg I am physically capable of.
Gimme a Beech 350, or a Race P-51, default planes, and I'll be fine. Put me in a Boeing 7Anything, and forget it.

Pat☺
 
I hear ya, Pat. I'm the same way with choppers. I just can't seem to get a handle on those machines. I remember that someone once compared hovering to trying to stand up on a floating inner tube, and i agree. I'll keep away from the rotorcraft and stick to being a "potato" (which is classified as a "tuber")!
 
I remember that someone once compared hovering to trying to stand up on a floating inner tube, ...
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Actually it's more akin to balancing a basketball on top of a broom handle, while standing on a beach-ball, that is balanced atop a medicine-ball.
But I do like the water thing. I'll have to think on how to integrate that..
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I can fly choppers in FSX pretty well. Add in HTR, or Helicopter Total Realism, a little program that REALLY improves the realism for choppers in FSx, and they are a challenge, but awfully fun, for me. I have a number of favorites, including a Bell 206, a Killer Egg, as other pilots call them, or MD 500, a Bell Cobra, and now Maryadi's MV-22, which is a sort of a helicopter/airplane cross breed. Fantastic aircraft, it really is.
It's been a while, so I'd need a little practice time to get re-proficient, like for last year's race, but it wouldn't take me long, if we need choppers flown for this year's race. It's possible!
Same for the Section8 F-86. I'd need some touch-n-goes to get proficient in it again.
I hope we get notified about things like that, but you know how "they" are...

I'll try to run a leg tomorrow morning. I hope can get one in. Real life keeps knocking me around...

Have fun, gang!
Pat☺
 
I have the baton at FYAR, going to FYOA in the default (since this is my second leg attempt....) Cessna 208, FSRealWX lite.
Pat☺
 
The baton is free at FYOA. Duenna to follow.

Haven't flown this bird for a while, but it worked out very nicely. :D
Have fun all!
Pat☺
 

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ponchovilla said:
Some thoughts.
Well, if you kick all the passengers off and load 'er chock full of fuel, she'll go a very long way indeed!:wink: I was thinking the B744 from Greenland to either CYHZ, TXKF, or LPLA depending on the winds, or heck, even to SOCA to take VERY advantage of the terms. (Yes, I know it's bad grammar - just trying to use it as humor.)
I thind rat-holing a default B744 flight from Greenland would be a good move. A lot of open ocean, that's where we should use it.
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For those who might contemplate that long overnight express run...
"For this practice we will allow each pilot 1 wildcard leg of not more than 1,000 nm (3 hr time limit)." Dave's rules, not mine :untroubled: - if up to me I'd have said 1500nm in 4-engine piston aircraft, but then I like long flights in the B-50:biggrin-new:
 
Moving right along, I have the baton FYOA to FNPA
Through darkest Africa in the WOP P-51H
FSX default wx
 
Baton is free at FNPA
Duenna had a fit reading the Airports.bin file butt he lat/long are ok
 

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So the question is, which rule do we read?

For this practice we will allow each pilot 1 wildcard leg of not more than 1,000 nm (3 hr time limit).
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After you advance the baton on your first leg your next leg must be in one of the MS/Lockheed Default aircraft. There is no time or distance limit on this flight. This is a one time requirement although feel free to fly a default any time you choose.
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The way I was reading these rules, the second takes precedence over the first. Shedding some light on this would help clarify how we should plan the route.

I've been running some permutations based on the second rule, and there are several possibilities. One would be a short field min-fuel takeoff with the default B744 out of BGCO and land CYHZ and then continue TXKF-TJSJ/TISX using wildcard legs, and then stitch a route through South America. If anyone is amenable to a default B744 flight based on the second rule, that opens up a lot of possibilities.
 
Well it was a tough climb out. I lost my sense of direction and barely missed losing control. I am about 14 minutes and heading down shortly.
 
The baton is free at FCPD

Note that the duenna showes FCPL
 

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