A Race Event: Airfields of the Southwest Pacific II.

Welcome paiken! Assuming that's the CBFS Beaufighter... Pretty awesome choice, BTW... :)
 
Hey guys. My first event here at sim-outhouse and first event period. New to the whole flight sim experience for the most part. So here I am to take part in this historic event. I am a good friend of Austin (salt_air) so I do have all the necessaries to do this.


Anyways, I will be flying in the Grumman F7F by Shupe. Using FS9 and default Jeppesen weather.
 
sjt530 said:
Hey guys. My first event here at sim-outhouse and first event period. New to the whole flight sim experience for the most part. So here I am to take part in this historic event. I am a good friend of Austin (salt_air) so I do have all the necessaries to do this.


Anyways, I will be flying in the Grumman F7F by Shupe. Using FS9 and default Jeppesen weather.
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Welcome aboard, sjt!
 
Hi guys. This is my first event here at sim-outhouse and first event period too -just like sjt530. I hope, i don't make too many mistakes....and would be thankfull for any help, if needed.
I am flying the Curtiss P 40-E from (Irissimulations) in FSX. I am using FSrealWX lite weather engine.
 

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What's even better than an aircraft with a Merlin engine? An aircraft with two Merlin engines, of course! :adoration:

I intend to participate flying the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, the "wooden wonder", freeware model by Dave Garwood, in the 300-350kt class.

I will be flying in FSX with ASN weather.

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This particular aircraft, DZ546 painted by Jan Kees Blom, was a B Mk.IV built in early 1943 and allocated to 618 Squadron. It was converted for 'Highball' missions in 1944. Highball was the codename of special spherical bouncing bombs to be used for antishipping attacks. The conversion included Merlin 24 motors, a four bladed prop, an arrester hook, new windscreen and armour plating. With the collapse of the German threat, 618 Squadron was transferred to Australia in October 1944, but no suitable role was found for the squadron, which was disbanded at RAAF Narromine in July 1945.
 
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I think I'm ready for my next run, flying the new Aeroplane Heaven B-17F. It didn't come with a Pacific Theater paint, so I made this one. General MacArthur flew in this one once, observing troops landing someplace. It's a 43rd Bomb Group B-17F, 65th Bomb Squadron. I wonder why all the Pacific B-17s had the nose art on the right side. Isn't that interesting? Was it duplicated on the left side? You never see photos of the left side nose art.
 
Copy that, CD. Mosquitos! Surprised this one hasn't been chosen until now! :)
 
Greetings gents,

This is my 1st time doing one of these races so I would ask for a rules clarification. The rules states that a full stop landing must be made at every airport on the list. Does that include the originating airport as well?

Example: I start the race from AGGT do I need to return to that airport at some point & make a full stop landing as well for it to be counted?
 
Boomer said:
Greetings gents,

This is my 1st time doing one of these races so I would ask for a rules clarification. The rules states that a full stop landing must be made at every airport on the list. Does that include the originating airport as well?

Example: I start the race from AGGT do I need to return to that airport at some point & make a full stop landing as well for it to be counted?
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Hey Bob, welcome!

The rules say "The race involves starting at any of the airports listed below, and making a full stop landing at each of the others in the list."

So that would mean you don't need to make a full stop landing at whichever one you start from. Good luck! :encouragement:
 
One final question & I will keep my yap shut & my butt in the pit.

Is it possible to run the race twice, a 2nd time with a different aircraft in a different class? My P-40 is getting jealous with all the attention the P-47 is getting. I almost feel like I am cheating on her :D

If allowed & just for the sake of interest I thought I would run the race in the P40 in the opposite direction.
 
Boomer said:
One final question & I will keep my yap shut & my butt in the pit.

Is it possible to run the race twice, a 2nd time with a different aircraft in a different class? My P-40 is getting jealous with all the attention the P-47 is getting. I almost feel like I am cheating on her :D

If allowed & just for the sake of interest I thought I would run the race in the P40 in the opposite direction.
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Yes. You can make as many runs as you want, different plane, class, no problem. Just as long as you complete the runs before the event ends, 00:00 GMP, 15 Sep. Even that is a "soft" date. If racers are close, we'll let them finish.
 
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Hi, Paul. Thanks for putting this one together.

I won't be free for this until next week, but I'm considering what to fly. Is the A2A Civilian P-51 eligible (if I PROMISE not to turn on the panel-mounted GPS)?

No worries if it isn't; there are plenty of juicy choices.

Thanks!
 
This event is great fun! Thanks very much Paul, Jim, Rob, Willy, Mike, Kevin and Miss Nellie. :encouragement:

It occurs to me that currently the race is a bit "one sided", and that "Claude" might need some company! I've found an airworthy "Betty" (Mitsubishi G4M1), that I'm just fitting with usable instruments and running some flight testing on. So maybe a second entry from me coming soon (subject to flight test figures being acceptable to Miss Nellie, of course).

She's a big bird that I'm guessing will lumber along at around 200-230 knots, so more than likely a Class 1 entry.
http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?searchid=39579804

Spec looks similar to a DC-3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M
 

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ratty said:
Hi, Paul. Thanks for putting this one together.

I won't be free for this until next week, but I'm considering what to fly. Is the A2A Civilian P-51 eligible (if I PROMISE not to turn on the panel-mounted GPS)?

No worries if it isn't; there are plenty of juicy choices.

Thanks!
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Sounds good Ratty. Welcome to the race!
 
Spookster67 said:
... It occurs to me that currently the race is a bit "one sided", and that "Claude" might need some company! I've found an airworthy "Betty" (Mitsubishi G4M1), that I'm just fitting with usable instruments and running some flight testing on. So maybe a second entry from me coming soon (subject to flight test figures being acceptable to Miss Nellie, of course)...
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Excellent choice Martin. Let me check some things on this plane when I get home today. We did some tests on it for another event a few years back and I have some numbers, and a new flight model that makes it a couple of knots slower than the original, which we determined was "slightly warm"...
 
PRB said:
Excellent choice Martin. Let me check some things on this plane when I get home today. We did some tests on it for another event a few years back and I have some numbers, and a new flight model that makes it a couple of knots slower than the original, which we determined was "slightly warm"...
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Wow - the original flight model is waaaay too hot!! 300 KTAS at critical altitude of 17,000. I did a quick mod to the airfile (roughly doubled the CD0 "drag at zero lift" figure to 0.058), which brought it down to around 230 KTAS at 17,000, but still enough thrust to get airbourne fully loaded. But if you've got a realistic airfile for the Betty that would be great. :encouragement:
 
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