AVSIM's Round the World Race Forum

Start Time. The race will begin on Saturday February 20, 2016 at 0000 UTC (that is: 0100 CET, 1900 EST [Friday -Feb 19th], 1600 PST [Friday - Feb. 19th]). Updated NOTAM re: F7F models approved for 2016 http://www.fsrtwrace.com/forum/viewt...159&p=959#p959 Additional aircraft added to White List (Appendix B) Civilian Transport Jets - Captain Sim B727 for FS9 (FSX version was previously listed) Pre-release notes on items of significance in the 2016 Special Rules are contained in the attached Word (.docx) and .pdf documents. Release of the full Special Rules will be on/before Saturday, Feb. 12th ** As this forum will not accept the .zip file the documents can be…

...for the return of those RTWR heroes, I have cobbled together a flight as a consolation. NCA trip starting at A30 Scott Valley (because that's where the dart landed) taking in various little burgs (passing over Crater Lake) along the way to 77S Hobby.(Very, very nice airport from Orbx if you haven't got it. Very, very nice airport if you do have it) Twelve stops altogether, longest leg 38nm, shortest 13nm, total distance 212nm. All the runways are sensible! Flight plan Kick off = Usual time. Aircraft = Run what ya brung, but don't go sodding off into the distance! Fly as a group. I'll probably use a Cherky.

Time to begin RTWR Practice. The practice legs should conform to the general rules, leg length (<750nm), time (< 2hrs), white list aircraft, real world weather. You can chose whatever time of day suites you but it is good to do some night flying. Fly whatever aircraft you intend to fly in the race. Do the full leg documentation. Baton claim post with aircraft declaration and origin - destination airport. Baton release post with Duenna & txt file. Pilots may fly consecutive legs if the baton has been idle for at least one hour. -Start airport is KMRY, Monterey California -End airport is FACT, Capetown, South Africa Suggested rout…

A quick reminder about selecting Racing Committee Members. Wednesday deadline. As the Race begins early on Saturday (or late Friday for North Americans), we have little time remaining. So it would be best if teams might select their members and inform the Committee by (Wednesday). That would give the Racing Committee only one day organize themselves and set their schedules. Names can be sent to Rob, Ed, or Eamonn via PM in the respective forums (Mike has limited time to collect info this week) And, given the short time involved, it might be helpful if each team might select at least one member who has previously served on the Racing Committee. (We appreciate the value …

It's that time of year once again! Assuming that the race will go on as usual in 2016, it's time to start recruiting and practicing for the annual 'Round The World Rally. The 'Round The World Rally is a race around the virtual world, run in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The forums at Avsim, FlightSim.com and Sim-Outhouse.com each form a team to fly a virtual baton completely around the world. The race is run completely in real time, and is usually flown in legs of up to two hours. The team that completes their flight with the fastest overall time (after bonuses/penalties) takes home the coveted Tornado Trophy. The race is traditionally held the first weekend…

The teamspeak session will start at 19:00 UTC (2 PM EST) and will continue till 21:00 UTC. The purpose of this session is to review review our preparations for the race and get some practice in. KHIO KSLE 6K5 5S2 64S 3S8 3S4 KBOK OR73 S05 All team members are encouraged to participate in this session. Any new race team members should make an effort to participate, as this session will provide an excellent opportunity to meet your fellow teammates and experience what the race is like. There will be experienced race members who can assist with any configuration changes required for the race, teamspeak, recommended race aircraft, and any other qu…

initial flying is ok, but after a while i am suddently faced with no vc or cauges or my plane is just a set of wings in the air. what can be the problem here|?

As the title says, we have released the Special Rules for the 2016 running of the Round the World Race. For consistency they are available to all teams and interested persons at: http://www.fsrtwrace.com/#rules The White List and Team Flight Appendices are also available. These only have minor editorial changes to include the latest data (as already posted). While it is hoped that the Rules are clear and straightforward, a FAQ document will be available on the Race Site in the next couple of days. There should be no conflicts or surprises Have fun planning and racing! Rob for the Executive Committee

Hey all, Its that time of the year again, I need 2-3 volunteers per team to handle your bank for the team on the fsrtwrace.com site. http://www.fsrtwrace.com/bank.php In order to get bank access you MUST have an account in the fsrtwrace forum at http://www.fsrtwrace.com/forum/ as I use the forum permission system to grant bank access. Select your 2-3 folks and give me your fsrtwrace forum usernames and I'll give you bank access. Thanks all, I'll be one of those folks for AVSIM, so 1-2 more is all we need for AVSIM. BANK ACCESS Eamonn Roman DC DUTY OFFICERS Jeff Bry

RTWR Jetliner Team Practice 3 – Sunday 7 Feb, 1900 UTC This practice session starts at Anchorage International and proceeds down the coast of Southeast Alaska before heading inland to British Columbia and finishes at Spokane Felts Field. The legs are short (100nm) so that we can focus practice time on climb, descent, and landing phase of flight. While it should be daylight when we start, Alaska is known for its bad weather so some approaches and landings may be challenging as terrain will be a factor at several airports. While flying fast is good, completing the leg safely is as important. All team members are encouraged to participate in this sessi…

Around and among the Southern Alps Mountains. NZQN,Orbx does a lovely job! First stop Glenorchy(NZGY Alt: 1255ft 2018 grass(keep an eye out for sheep.)) we can either go straight there over the mountains or take the scenic route around Lake Wakatipu. There are a couple of unlisted strips on the way if you can find them NZ153 on the right and NZ154 on the left. From Glenorchy we'll have to wend our way to NZ155. This strip isn't shown on Plan G so I've given a 'thereabouts' on the flight plan. After repairs to undercarriages and bent props, another 'wend' to Milford Sound(NZMF Orbx strikes again!) Alt: 846ft 2598 bitumen). Head up the sound from Milford towards the o…

New stuff, Eamonn released a new Duenna yesterday - http://www.fsrtwrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=160 :Applause: Over at SOH a revised Tom Falley FDE for the native FSX F-7F (single seat only!) has been uploaded. No word on official approval yet but i would assume it's a go since Tom did the original FS9 reworked F-7F FDE. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?98728-F7f-soh-rtw-fde It's getting closer - remember to browse the forums at http://www.fsrtwrace.com/forum/index.php to keep informed.

RTWR Team Practice 2 – Sunday 31 Jan, 1900 UTC This practice session starts on the North Cape of Norway and features darkness, short runways, terrain, and possibly bad weather. In other words, just the kind of conditions we are likely to have to cope with in the RTWR. While flying fast is good, completing the leg safely is as important. All team members are encouraged to participate in this session. Any new race team members should make an effort to participate, as this session will provide an excellent opportunity to meet your fellow teammates and experience what the race is like. There will be experienced race members who can assist with any configuratio…

Southern California – Big Bear City to Santa Barbara Starting from Big Bear City (L35) the route proceeds to Apple Valley (KAPV) and then crossing the southern edge of the Mojave Desert to Agua Dulce (L70) From there we fly 38nm north to land at Tehachapi Municipal (KTSP), then continuing 34nm to the northwest and climbing over the southern end of the Sierra Nevada and over Lake Isabella we arrive at Kern Valley (L05). Turning southwest, following the Kern River canyon before landing at Bakersfield Municipal (L45). Continuing to the southwest we fly over southern San Joaquin Valley to Taft Kern County (L17) and then on to New Cuayama (L88). Our route continues 38nm to…

well i have been tossing arround with a new computer and probably not new for everyone i found that the PCIE link status still was at max power saving eventhough power management was set at max performance. it added an addition 10 fps with this option set to off. to be changed in power management options config of windows the advanced tab

To alert the community to a possible aircraft issue regarding the F7F Tigercat a NOTAM has been issued. http://www.fsrtwrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=159

As discussed this evening. These are the KB~s I have uninstalled and hidden. I forget which one sorted out the UI problem. Most of them were W10 update nags, but none of them seem to be missed by W7 KB2670838 KB2952664 KB2990214 KB3021917 KB3035583 KB2977759 KB2996978 KB3022345 KB3044374 KB3068708 KB3086255 KB3075249 KB3080149

RTWR Baton Transfer Team Practice – Sunday 24 Jan, 1900 UTC This practice starts at Bishop California and will feature short 40-70nm legs in the high desert valleys of California and Nevada. Choose aircraft that you plan to fly in the race. It is a daylight session so fly the legs as fast as you can and land safely. Let's tune up those racing skills. All team members are encouraged to participate in this session. Any new race team members should make an effort to participate, as this session will provide an excellent opportunity to meet your fellow teammates and experience what the race is like. There will be experienced race members who can assist with any…

Southern California – Catalina to Palmdale Plant 42 Starting from Catalina (KAVX) the route proceeds to San Pedro (VPLVT) then crossing the busy ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to a touch and go landing at Los Alamitos AAF (KSLI). From there we fly 6nm to land at Fullerton Municipal (KFUL) , then continuing 13nm to the northwest, flying through the busy Los Angeles Class B airspace where we land at El Monte (KEMT). Turning west we fly over Pasadena , the Rose Bowl (VPLRB) and Burbank (BERRI) before landing at Van Nuys (KVNY). Continuing to the west we fly over Simi Valley to Santa Paula (KSZP). Turning north we must watch for and keep clear of the endangered Calif…

Good Morning, Last night I was hit with several people claiming the graphics or maps in the Duenna do not work. In V0.891 of the Duenna (John Mueller's original) the map does not display but the graphic does. in V2.0 of the Duenna (my update to allow FSX:SE and P3D) the graphic doesn't generate at all. The problem is Google actually, you see John's original Duenna used version 1 of the google maps static api which was deprecated in 2009 and completely turned off last night. When you try to generate a map this is the return. The reason V2 of the Duenna also doesn't work is that I didn't actually modify much of John's original code, the reason n…

Its that time of the year again and the race is set to begin on or about the 20th of February, I want to gauge the interest in the race from the 3 teams. To that end, does Team AVSIM believe they will be able to participate in this years race and have enough pilots to be able to compete? 10 pilots I believe are the recommended minimum however it has been done with less, its entirely up to you. NOTE: I am not speaking for the race committee, just trying to help wherever I can. Thanks,

Firstly my apologies to Bryan, Leon and anyone else that had connection problems last night. I've spent the best part of today (I couldn't even get to church) running down the problem. Starting with various other aircraft known to be 'good' including the default C172, I tried to connect to my FSopenised server. Booted unceremoniously on every occasion. Hurumph! Rebooted the router-nah. Long story short... ESTONIA MIGRATION TOOL! :t0115: Uninstalled it and all is now as it should be. Fired off a support email to Estonia and a covering one to SimMarket. In between the first line and the last line of this post there was much copying, pasting deleting, renaming o…

Southern California – Carlsbad to Avalon (via Riverside County) Starting at McCellan-Palomar (KCRQ), the route heads inland 14nm to our first stop Fallbrook Community Airpark (L18). Heading back to the Pacific Ocean we overfly Camp Pendleton to reach the Oceanside VOR and then turn northwest following the coast. We overfly the San Onefre Nuclear Power Station and continue until we reach waypoint VPLDP at San Juan Capistrano. Turning north we fly towards the Santa Ana range following Ortega highway towards the pass. Just before reaching the pass we will land at Mc Conville Airstrip (CA42). Departing Mc Conville we cross the mountain pass and fly over Lake Elsinore towa…

Hey guys, This got posted today at EAA (still pics and description also at EAA) & elsewhere. A short 3 minute video. The 2015 MAAC invitational flyin at Brodhead (C37). The following are all members of Chapter 651 in the video. 0:15 Don Kiel's 1954 Beech 18 / C45H in the morning dew. 1:28 Don Kiel (Lt) talking about his plane. 2:05 Jay Baeten (Lt) & Dennis Van Gheem (Rt) under Jay's '54 C170B. (I have 3 hours in that 170 as PIC) Dennis has been restoring a 1934 Stinson Gullwing for almost 8 years. It will be a Grand Champion one day. Jay was the president of MAAC (Midwest Antique Aircraft Club) for many years, retiring just this year. 2:1…