Rules for AWR MacRobertson London-Melbourne?

***Dangerousdave26*** · November 17th, 2012, 15:52

When you post your next leg include the text file. I will show you how to read it.

**robert41** · November 17th, 2012, 17:42

Good show indeed. I missed the last race. Looked like a lot of fun.
Also, there is a MacRobertson scenery available for FSX. Makes it even more immersive. I'll try and find where I got it from.

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 04:32

Originally Posted by Dangerousdave26

When you post your next leg include the text file. I will show you how to read it.

Thanks Dave. Will do.
Thanks also, Rob for your tip re: scenery - sounds interesting.

Ok, here goes the next leg. LYBE - LGAT

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 07:31

Down intact at Athens.

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 07:44

For Dave: latest Duenna txt file (LYBE - LGAT). :salute:

***Dangerousdave26*** · November 18th, 2012, 08:06

Duenna logs your position from the time you start duenna to the time it ends. Normally we say picks up the Baton and Drops it as start and end. This is Baton time in the log.

Flight time is the time you leave the ground until you land.

In the log OnGround = 1 is when you are on the ground. = 0 is of course flying.

The logging intervals I have never been able to figure out what exactly changes them.

The program logs more frequently when on the ground. Once in level flight it looks that the logging goes to ever 10 minutes.

Flight-Points:
Date/Time(UTC); Latitude; Longitude; Altitude; VS; GS; KIAS; OnGround
18/11/2012 13:35:36; 44.822088; 20.300819; 341; 3; 95; 108; 1
18/11/2012 13:35:37; 44.821825; 20.301409; 341; -2; 97; 110; 1
18/11/2012 13:35:38; 44.821559; 20.302006; 341; -2; 99; 112; 1
18/11/2012 13:35:39; 44.821292; 20.302607; 342; 43; 101; 113; 0
18/11/2012 13:35:41; 44.821023; 20.303213; 343; 60; 102; 114; 0
18/11/2012 13:35:42; 44.820747; 20.303835; 345; 114; 103; 115; 0

***PRB*** · November 18th, 2012, 11:50

A nice choice of airplanes for this great event, Portia911. This is the one I flew in our MacRobertson Race in 2009. Didn't win, but had a lot of fun, and this plane is great fun to fly. Good luck on your adventure!

- Paul

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 12:35

Thanks Dave, I can now relax on touch-down and enjoy 'cruising' to a suitable stopping place at each new airport. :salute:

Hi Paul - thanks for posting the pic of your Orion - nice clean look there. It's a shame so many attachments from the older posts are gone. I saw plenty of comment on the skins people were lining up for this race with in 2009, but sadly there are precious few viewable now.

Of course, I had a close look at your race report post to get approximate flight times for this bird. As you say, it's very nice to fly - just looses the competitive edge through its range limitations, but fun - yes!

**robert41** · November 18th, 2012, 13:01

I found the MacRobertson scenery package for FSX.
By Jaap van Hees.
https://silvercloud-store.com/index....oduct_id=29842

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 17:15

Thanks Rob - will definitely take a closer look at this download. Was it released at the time of the 2009 race I wonder - did anyone use it in that contest (?) and how about the frame-rate hit. hmmmm

Might have to ponder that over another ouzo . . .
:isadizzy:

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 21:55

Some pics of scenery en route, Belgrade to Athens:

1. Greece's northern border - likely the last snow I'll see for a while!
2. Cruising by Mt. Ossa
3. Lovely morning at Hellinikon, Athens

. . . now to plot me a course for Cyprus.

**Portia911** · November 18th, 2012, 23:13

Off again into the Mediterranean blue (that is, sky not sea!) . . . LGAT - LCRA

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 02:27

Landed at Akrotiri. Fourth leg completed.

***Dangerousdave26*** · November 19th, 2012, 04:48

I forgot to mention

The baton should drop when you come to a complete stop.

If the winds are strong enough you may need to turn cross wind to get the baton to drop. That will only happen when the winds are over 45 kts which is the default baton pickup speed.

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 09:57

Thanks Dave, that is good to know. I would've been quite stuck otherwise.

A couple of pics from my Mediterranean tour (Mikonos + generic). Next destination, the check-point at Baghdad . . .

***Willy*** · November 19th, 2012, 11:30

Speaking of Baghdad, here's the only screenshot I managed to save from my 2009 modern era L-M flight. The Cessna 337 made the trip pretty well. Not fast enough to win, but fast enough to let me do two runs at it. (the other was in Milton's Beech 18)

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 12:16

Nice shot, Willy. Looks like you had just enough light for a classy pic and a safe landing.

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 13:20

Loading up ready for a trek into the desert. LCRA - ORBI.
Precious few NDBs to be found! :mixedsmi:

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 16:58

Baton down and 'checked' in at Baghdad.

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 20:47

LCRA - ORBI

1. leaving Cyprus
2. climbing to clear Qurnat as Sawda (Lebanon)
3. desert landscape, Anbar, Western Iraq
4. Ramadi - following the Euphrates to Baghdad

**salt_air** · November 19th, 2012, 21:38

Some splendid progress is being made on this effort.

Great screenshots and an awesome documentary.

"Well Played" I believe the saying goes.

Blue Skies!

**Portia911** · November 19th, 2012, 23:42

Thank ye kindly, salt_air.

And after that refreshing ale, I have my charts marked up ready for a flight down to Bushehr [ORBI - OIBB] so I'd best be on my way. Cheerio!

**Portia911** · November 20th, 2012, 02:26

Baton is down at Bushehr.

**Portia911** · November 20th, 2012, 22:44

Well, that was a bit of drama - more in keeping with the spirit of adventure that no doubt fueled this event in 1934.

I was approaching Bushehr - a 2.5 hour flight from Baghdad - flying just over 2000 feet with the airfield in sight, when suddenly my trusty Lockheed was shrouded in mist. No doubt a 15-minute weather update had re-set the conditions over Bushehr dramatically and sea-fog (or something similar) had suddenly enveloped this part of the Persian Gulf.
No runway, not even any land in sight, although I could make out the waves directly below. The accompanying turbulence meant I was tossed about with almost no visual reference points. With half an eye on the water surface, I focused on my instruments to fly level and straight toward the Bushehr NDB signal.
Bushehr airport is perfectly aligned for a straight-in approach from Baghdad, so I knew I just had to 'follow the beam'. I figured if I could see the water below, I would be able to see the land and runway once I got a little closer - so I slowed further and lowered my gear and flaps, concentrating on my heading and letting the Orion descend even tho I couldn't see any land.
This was a little disconcerting, but after a few moments a blur of land appeared through the mist and I soon located the airport. I was a little higher and closer than I needed to be so I closed the throttle and dropped the remaining flaps to get down and dirty. I wasn't keen to try a go-around in these conditions.
The final bit got easy as my view improved and i coasted in to land - but it was certainly the most challenging leg of my journey so far.

One pic from an earlier, more relaxed, part of this leg - flying over the Tigris near Numaniyah.

**robert41** · November 21st, 2012, 00:12

Thanks Rob - will definitely take a closer look at this download. Was it released at the time of the 2009 race I wonder - did anyone use it in that contest (?) and how about the frame-rate hit. hmmmm

Hi Portia. Performance is good on my machine. Released in 2011, no one used this scenery in this event.
Enjoy.