SWSucceed - Golden Era DC3

SWSucceed · October 22nd, 2009, 14:17

Good luck my fellow competitors and may the race be run in the best of spirits!!

:ernae:

**Spookster67** · October 22nd, 2009, 21:41

Originally Posted by SWSucceed

Good luck my fellow competitors and may the race be run in the best of spirits!!

:ernae:

Good luck youself, Stuart! I'll be leaving Mildenhall right behind you sometime this weekend...

SWSucceed · October 23rd, 2009, 10:43

I have the baton, departing EGUN for LOWW ...

SWSucceed · October 23rd, 2009, 12:46

Re-direct to un-prepared airfield after fuel problem and crashed on landing ... + 2 hrs penalties!!!

**MaddogK** · October 23rd, 2009, 13:04

OUCH ! Don't let it discourage you, press on !!!

..Thanks for joining me in the penalty box.

**epwatson** · October 23rd, 2009, 13:11

SWSucceed,

do you have the Duenna of your flight? Just so we know where you are at now and what your flight time was.

Thanks

SWSucceed · October 23rd, 2009, 13:12

Originally Posted by MaddogK

OUCH ! Don't let it discourage you, press on !!!

..Thanks for joining me in the penalty box.

My dream is here:

:isadizzy:

Oh well onwards and upwards I guess ... never crashed in RTW!!

SWSucceed · October 23rd, 2009, 13:16

Originally Posted by epwatson

SWSucceed,

do you have the Duenna of your flight? Just so we know where you are at now and what your flight time was.

Thanks

Hey Eamonn
Yes was having difficulty finding out how to attach, done now and I "landed" at EDEQ

**Spookster67** · October 24th, 2009, 01:00

Originally Posted by SWSucceed

Re-direct to un-prepared airfield after fuel problem and crashed on landing ... + 2 hrs penalties!!!

Eeek! Bad luck Stuart. I reckon you need to put a Fuel Status gauge in that DC-3. Here's the one we used in RTW, which I'm sure you have in your gauges folder.

Backup your panel.cfg file, then add this:

Code:

 
//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window Titles]
Window08=Fuel Status
 
[Window08]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=190,60
position=2
visible=0
ident=48
windowsize_ratio=0.6
　
gauge00=RKG_fuelstat!FuelStatusSq_recip_wide, 0,0,190,60

Hope you have a successful next hop...

SWSucceed · October 24th, 2009, 04:42

Am departing EDCO ~NOT EDEQ~ for LIRA

I landed at EDCO last night NOT EDEQ, I confused I guess in my disappointment ... the attached graphic shows that EDCO matches lattitude/longitude with the Deunna graphic, sorry for the mix-up!

SWSucceed · October 24th, 2009, 07:49

Landed LIRA and on taxi off of runway FSX cried out CRASH!! Was a prefectly fine landing

(Q: Baton time is nothing like flight time, and my weather is Real @ 15 mins but shows yellow - any of these items an issue or are they fine?).

**Spookster67** · October 24th, 2009, 08:10

Originally Posted by SWSucceed

Landed LIRA and on taxi off of runway FSX cried out CRASH!! Was a prefectly fine landing

The baton time is wrong because Duenna thinks you crashed. But looking at the text file you were on the runway 25 seconds and the speed was down to 25 knots indicated, so I reckon you found a taxiway that is very poorly connected to the runway. If you ask nicely, the committee might let you treat that as a good landing...

Best to stop the plane on the runway, stop the Duenna, then taxi off.

MM · October 24th, 2009, 09:25

Stuart, you are ok here.

As Martin indicates, you were slowing down while on the runway when all of the sudden you crashed downwards 17 feet. You were taxiing?

In any case, we'll accept the Flight Time as official on this leg.

As to the weather, remember that the Duenna looks at the FSX.cfg from your last flight. (That should have real weather indicated when you shut down.) The Duenna has difficulties, particularly with other weather machines such as Active Sky. As long as you are running FS Real Weather (or Active Sky or some such), then you are fine.

Mike

On another topic: Note that in the RTWR, which is much more competitive, this might or might not pass muster. A harder decision.

Martin is right. Best to stop immediately on the runway and stop the Duenna right there.

SWSucceed · October 25th, 2009, 04:54

Originally Posted by MM

Stuart, you are ok here.

As Martin indicates, you were slowing down while on the runway when all of the sudden you crashed downwards 17 feet. You were taxiing?

In any case, we'll accept the Flight Time as official on this leg.

As to the weather, remember that the Duenna looks at the FSX.cfg from your last flight. (That should have real weather indicated when you shut down.) The Duenna has difficulties, particularly with other weather machines such as Active Sky. As long as you are running FS Real Weather (or Active Sky or some such), then you are fine.

Mike

On another topic: Note that in the RTWR, which is much more competitive, this might or might not pass muster. A harder decision.

Martin is right. Best to stop immediately on the runway and stop the Duenna right there.

Hi Mike, Martin
I've no idea what the numbers in the Duenna mean so thanks for the clarification ... I am at that airport now and there appears to be NOTHING WRONG!! lol!! So I am guessing, 17ft could be skidding or steering off the runway or wing-dipping maybe if starting to turn-off too fast? Seems to me the penalty is a fair one ... I landed it again today in the daylight without any such issues ... got to be something I did.

Keep the race fair to all I'm here to learn and for the fun and challenge not the victory.

SWSucceed · October 25th, 2009, 04:55

Departing LIRA for LGAT ...

SWSucceed · October 25th, 2009, 05:04

NOTE: Yesterdays leg EDC to LIRA I should have advised I climbed to 14,500 varying to clear the mountains during the flight ... sorry not to have included that

Great emoticons here but perhaps we need one that slaps in the face

SWSucceed · October 25th, 2009, 07:51

Landed LGAT

If you'd like to read my flight reports and pictures:

Leg 1 report: http://aspirefsx.com/viewthread.php?tid=237

Leg 2 report: http://aspirefsx.com/viewthread.php?tid=240

Leg 3 report: http://aspirefsx.com/viewthread.php?tid=241

or on the blog: http://fsx.aspireblogs.com

SWSucceed · October 25th, 2009, 08:42

Originally Posted by Spookster67

Eeek! Bad luck Stuart. I reckon you need to put a Fuel Status gauge in that DC-3. Here's the one we used in RTW, which I'm sure you have in your gauges folder.

Backup your panel.cfg file, then add this:

Code:

 
//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window Titles]
Window08=Fuel Status
 
[Window08]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=190,60
position=2
visible=0
ident=48
windowsize_ratio=0.6
　
gauge00=RKG_fuelstat!FuelStatusSq_recip_wide, 0,0,190,60

Hope you have a successful next hop...

Thanks Martin, but as this is not part of the original aircraft I am going to forgo it. I have calculated my consumption with 20 knot tailwinds and 11,000ft operating ceiling and will use this as my rule of thumb :isadizzy:

SWSucceed · October 27th, 2009, 01:43

Departing LGAT for OSAP

**Spookster67** · October 27th, 2009, 02:00

Originally Posted by SWSucceed

Thanks Martin, but as this is not part of the original aircraft I am going to forgo it. I have calculated my consumption with 20 knot tailwinds and 11,000ft operating ceiling and will use this as my rule of thumb :isadizzy:

Well good for you! But I do think an assumption of a 20 knot headwind would be less risky.

Maybe see you in Baghdad in the next day or two...

SWSucceed · October 27th, 2009, 05:14

Landed OSAP

My leg 4 flight report: http://aspirefsx.com/viewthread.php?tid=246

or the blog: http://fsx.aspireblogs.com

SWSucceed · October 27th, 2009, 05:16

Originally Posted by Spookster67

Well good for you! But I do think an assumption of a 20 knot headwind would be less risky.

Maybe see you in Baghdad in the next day or two...

Thus far I have only flown in tailwinds, so that is all the data I had from past flights, today I had 7 knots headwind so I now have some data to go by ... never took such detailed notes on the DC3 before but will be keeping this for reference for the future

Will indeed see you in Baghdad, safe flying!

SWSucceed · October 27th, 2009, 05:23

Departed OSAP for Compulsory Baghdad, ORBI

SWSucceed · October 27th, 2009, 07:24

Landed ORBS

- apologies for the delay in the forum record but I could not log-in, had CAPS LOCK on DOH!

**Spookster67** · October 27th, 2009, 07:36

Originally Posted by SWSucceed

Landed ORBS

Well done!
I should be there myself by about 2300z, so I'll meet you for a few

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