Dr. House meets Smokey The Bear

[Dangerousdave26]

I have flown this race each leg a dozen times in almost as many aircraft. Most did not go past the the first 4 or 5 legs before they were ruled out.

The final dicision was to fly it in the Shockwave P-51H just because of speed. The hard part was getting it to slow down. I found out you do not pull the nose up strongly to lose airspeed it tends to fall out of the sky. I was only lucky to save the spin it went into.

Flight Times:

KMYL - 0U0 6:56
0U0 - ID86 5:57
ID86 - 02ID 5:31
02ID - 13ID 5:36
13ID - 0U1 4:20
0U1 - U72 7:10
U72 - ID67 3:54
ID67 - ID41 6:58
ID41 - 24K 5:35
24K – KMYL 5:21

Total: 0:57:18

[jkcook28]

Good run Dave. Ed, don't throw the geezer warbirds under the bus! The speeds there for several; slowing to land blows all the time. I have to throttle to idle 5 mi, from the rwy and S-turn violently to bleed off enough to not miss-approach. Does the speedbug have an airbrake/dive-brake?

[Dangerousdave26]

More Duenna's

[Dangerousdave26]

Last Duenna's

Thanks Rob

Going to take a break maybe harass jkcook28 while he does his legs

[fliger747]

The last leg I flew in the Geezer U-bird, I was a little irritated to find out the auto baton fetch hadn't. Arrrrrrrrrrr.

T.

[Dangerousdave26]

Good run Dave. Ed, don't throw the geezer warbirds under the bus! The speeds there for several; slowing to land blows all the time. I have to throttle to idle 5 mi, from the rwy and S-turn violently to bleed off enough to not miss-approach. Does the speedbug have an airbrake/dive-brake?

Yep the Hornet has Dive Brakes

[PRB]

Well somebody had to hold up the Lockheed contingent. Started the route in the DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver, but got bored, so I gave it a shot in the SU P-38J. No dive brakes, no WEP power. No scouting ahead (beyond ID86, in the Beaver). My goal was to not loose a leg due to a crash. I got busted on one leg due to altitude limit, which cost me ten minutes, but I didn’t crash, so there!

This was great fun, ridge running from airport to airport. The weather today was perfect too, so that helped a lot. Unlimited visibility across the entire course. Got lucky there!

[fliger747]

Finished up the legs for a not so competitive 1:01:46

It wasn't more than halfwy through that I had been able to get the WEP to work, might have knocked off some time. Nevertheless screaming down some narrow canyons at 400 knots was a hoot!

Thanks Rob!

[PRB]

Data continued...

[PRB]

More data

[PRB]

More more data

[fliger747]

A fun exercise! As terrain routing is very important in this example. Being between trips, I didn't even have enough time to fly my real airplane! So almost all of these were run cold with no peek at the destination or the route inbetween except what I could see on the flight planner map or out the windscreen. I think we all learned a lot!

Cheers: T.

[MM]

In the local "Bush" flying category, the Quest Kodiak. The actual aircraft is manufactured in Sand Point, Idaho. The FS model is by Bill Ortis (Lionheart). Probably not eligible for RTWR right now. (They started building for sale this January and are now delivering about 2 per month. However, August marked number 5 so they are probably not up to 10. And the aircraft is ineligible for RTWR until further notice.)

The total time is an ultra-non-competitive 1:24:34. (Duenna available on request.:redf

Do I get points for using only half the runways? :d

[srgalahad]

Sure Mike... since the airplane is not RTW "legal" yet we'll give you half-points..

So... for MM and the Kodiak.. points available.. zero (we had no bonuses either) unt zo.. 1/2 of nada = zip

But good to see the Kodiak tested and we'll be looking at it later.

Rob

[srgalahad]

I'm away til the end of the week.. currently lurking in the morning fog in the mountains - and relaxing!. So no flying or downloading til Friday.

There may be a few others wanting to try the exercise but for those who've done it an lived:
Has anyone thought of using the new PAD Barfalo...errr... Buffalo -- Extreme STOL!

Bored?? do the route in reverse!

Rob

[jkcook28]

Finally got my run in. Flew the Butcher Bird; ver. Dora. WEP on all legs (just enough, with a reset for each:isadizzy This plane bites you hard in this canyon/speed bleed off/radical maneuver/accelerated stall regime. VERY challenging and a sweet model and FDE. Not the fastest but happy with sub-one hour time with no speed brakes in a geezer warbird!

Cool event Rob!

KMYL-0U0 7:00
0U0-ID86 5:11
ID86-021D 5:26
021D-13ID 5:41
13ID-0U1 4:20
0U1-U72 7:33
U72-ID67 3:48
ID67-ID41 6:11
ID41-24K 5:17
24K-KMYL 4:50

total: 55:17

(duennas upon request so as not to bore you)

[jkcook28]

...and there's Dave, who could have been flamed, in one of many practice runs we did! :costumes: :ernae:

[srgalahad]

...and there's Dave, who could have been flamed, in one of many practice runs we did! :costumes: :ernae:

JOHN!!!!!!
you know Dave + mountains!! that close and the fireball or flying debris might have caught you

(it'lll never end Dave.. never..)

[jkcook28]

Lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dangerousdave26]

...and there's Dave, who could have been flamed, in one of many practice runs we did! :costumes: :ernae:

Sufferin Succatash....

And here I thought you just wanted me to lead the way in.

ard and then you beat my time by 2 mins 1 second

(it'lll never end Dave.. never..)

1.) I know

2.) I redeamed myself by reflying the leg after the RTWR under the same circumstances...

Only it was day by the time I got there...

Planned wrong on the time I left....

I did land on the runway I did not hit the mountain... Mostly because it was no longer the Blind Night.

The landing was successful with a Green Duenna....

But I collapased the landing gear on the runway in the P-38.

So you see I redeamed myself...

Almost :d

[jkcook28]

...snip...ard and then you beat my time by 2 mins 1 second

dees is der superior German engineering ve have und fantastic piloting skill. Complaining is verboten!

Hieneken! :ernae:

Schnell; halt. My german is expended. :d

[Dangerousdave26]

Hieneken! :ernae:

Schnell; halt. My german is expended. :d

Nine Warsteiner Premium Dunkel :ernae:

[fliger747]

It would appear that it is necessary to run each leg many times to achieve a minimum time!

Cheers: T.

[srgalahad]

It would appear that it is necessary to run each leg many times to achieve a minimum time!

Cheers: T.

Und Zo... if you were a newly-hired pilot tasked with this mission the times would be significantly slower.

This does speak to the RTW format as well where we can practice a leg, but with only limited time once the planners define a route but we should still bear in mind that pre-flying can reap benefits (even if it's just approaches and the descent). It also shows that the hottest plane may also have drawbacks that lessen it's overall benefit without those experiences.

Hmmm... would I EVER admit to ulterior motives?

On the other hand it shows that experience is a good teacher, but as I'm sure some have found, a bit of familiarity can also breed casual behaviour which may bite.

Another couple of days to play and then we can look elsewhere...

Rob

[jkcook28]

It would appear that it is necessary to run each leg many times to achieve a minimum time!

Cheers: T.

Well I ran the legs many times, but in many different aircraft trying to find something manageable that someone else hasn't flown.
Only re-flew (is that a word?) one leg of my actual run when my throttle quad went bonkers.