AVSIM's Round the World Race Forum

Hi all-To clarify: The Duenna will NOT be required in this year's race. It will be an optional method for pilots to confirm their flights, and, depending on how well things go this year, we may require it next year (emphasis on may).Hope this cools the debate down some. (Though it's great to see the enthusiasm!)Kindest Regards-Matt SmithOrganizerMSFS RTW Race

Evidence of Flight Screenshot Tutorial With PicsOk, I did some testing of many scenarios involving the Flight Analysis Screen with FS9.The first thing you need to know is how to take a screen capture. Details are best already explained in the screenshot forum here:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=83146&page=1) When you fly, I suggest you use the Flight Planner Function within FS9 which will show your route of flight. before you take off, take a look at your Flight Analysis Screen and you will see a Magenta Line. This is your flight path as loaded by the flight planner function.2) Once you complete your flight, DON'T EXIT THE SIM until you get your scr…

Hi everyone,The 2005 Round the World Race is now two weeks away. It will begin at 1700Z on Sunday, February 20, 2005.The Official Rules will be published 24 hours before the Race Time. There will be modest changes in the rules, eliminating some loopholes, but the main routines will remain much the same. There will, however, be an interesting surprise or two.The exception to releasing the Official Rules on Race Weekend is posted below. Several designers are currently producing aircraft that they expect to release about Race Time. It will be useful for those designers to understand the parameters under which the Race will be run.-------------------------------Aircraft Requi…

Jeroen has the Baton.PADK-PACD-----------------------------------------------------We care conducting a practice run for Team AVSIM to prepare for the Round the World Race. The actual race begins on February 20th. So this is a good time for old veterans to renew their skills and for new teammates to get the procedures down before the actual race begins.One of the keys to our winning the last two years has been our organization. We want to keep the baton in the air. That means that we try to have someone at the destination airport waiting, with engines warmed up and flight plan filed, ready for the arriving teammate. When the landing pilot announces on the forum "The baton…

I Have The Baton NZNV-YMHBCU IN 2...Joe***************Today we shall start a practice run for Team AVSIM to prepare for the Round the World Race. The actual race begins on February 20th. So this is a good time for old veterans to renew their skills and for new teammates to get the procedures down before the actual race begins.One of the keys to our winning the last two years has been our organization. We want to keep the baton in the air. That means that we try to have someone at the destination airport waiting, with engines warmed up and flight plan filed, ready for the arriving teammate. When the landing pilot announces on the forum "The baton is free at ICAO" (ICAO bei…

Hope you don't mind a word from a former teammate, now competitor, LOLFor anyone interested in flying my P-38s, particularly the L, soon I will be releasing an update to the P-38L (ver 2.2). I've been working on this update specifically with the race in mind. here are some preview images:http://www.kazoku.org/xp-38n/model/l_previewJust thought you might like to know :)- dcc

Today we shall start a practice run for Team AVSIM to prepare for the Round the World Race. The actual race begins on February 20th. So this is a good time for old veterans to renew their skills and for new teammates to get the procedures down before the actual race begins.One of the keys to our winning the last two years has been our organization. We want to keep the baton in the air. That means that we try to have someone at the destination airport waiting, with engines warmed up and flight plan filed, ready for the arriving teammate. When the landing pilot announces on the forum "The baton is free at ICAO" (ICAO being the ICAO of the landing airport), the waiting teamm…

Nothing too special here, but I created a generic Avsim-team scheme for the P-180. Pls PM me if you want the templates.Alex

Been trying to load up a repaint I created for the P180, but the textures simply do not load. Followed the instructions to the letter. Does anyone have any advice for a link that I could reference?Alex

Today we shall start a practice run for Team AVSIM to prepare for the Round the World Race. The actual race begins on February 20th. So this is a good time for old veterans to renew their skills and for new teammates to get the procedures down before the actual race begins.One of the keys to our winning the last two years has been our organization. We want to keep the baton in the air. That means that we try to have someone at the destination airport waiting, with engines warmed up and flight plan filed, ready for the arriving teammate. When the landing pilot announces on the forum "The baton is free at ICAO" (ICAO being the ICAO of the landing airport), the waiting teamm…

I have been having a problem connecting to Bushnet- sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. After reading many forums postings, it seems that this is a common problem - and the only reasonable answer I can find is that,in FS2004,it is essential that players lower their FPS to no more than 20 when on multiplayer - because of the way in which data is transmitted across the Internet at the same rate as your FPS.Regards Barry

Hi all,Today we shall start a practice run for Team AVSIM to prepare for the Round the World Race. The actual race begins on February 20th. So this is a good time for old veterans to renew their skills and for new teammates to get the procedures down before the actual race begins.One of the keys to our winning the last two years has been our organization. We want to keep the baton in the air. That means that we try to have someone at the destination airport waiting, with engines warmed up and flight plan filed, ready for the arriving teammate. When the landing pilot announces on the forum "The baton is free at ICAO" (ICAO being the ICAO of the landing airport), the waitin…

Hello all. Can't get FS Host to work; freezes up on launch to be specific. Has anyone else had this problem and corrected it? Can I still run the race w/o this program?Regards,Alex

Ideas on Rules For the Race Thread:These are Compiled from the pinned thread. They are meant as to further define what types of aircraft should be allowed or excluded and other ideas as to the running of the race.The final arbiter of rules is Matt Smith. It is he and he alone that decides what flies and what don't. But since suggestions were made, We can list them here, refine them, and I will forward them to Matt.Please comment on these by listing the number IE #3, and then refining any clarifications, etc..Once this has been up for a while, say a week or so, I will forward them to Matt on behalf of Avsim. Please keep the spirit of the race in mind as you comment, as …

I was just wondering why you are starting the race on a Sunday. It looks like to me that it would be better to start it on a Friday evening. This way more people would be off work and able to participate. People could plan on making it an all weekend event. If you start on a Sunday, a lot of people would miss out come Monday due to having to go to work. Just a thought.Hawk

Been flying a Spad about and just thought I might recommend it to yall. Good short field capability.Jes' trying to be helpful..... ;)WillyCo-ConspiratorTeam Outhouse

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Hello All. Before I go and make a mistake that might bite the team back, is it preferrable to keep aircraft suggestions off the boards? I have one particular mount that I am running through the wringer, testing for feasibility.Best Regards,Alex

I just love my Antonov 14. It's one of the few a/c that you fly only from the VC - why is that , you ask? Well, It doesn't have a a 2D cockpit. Trouble is that it probably isn't the ideal a/c for a race -- a bit slow really - maybe 120 knots if I push it. BUT - I can land it in about 100 metres. It's the king of STOL. Not one of those demo sports STOL thingos - this is a real a/c!I think that maybe this may be the secret this year that beats the Flightsim and the Sim-Outhouse mob - specialise on the Antonov 14. We could fly a route that concentrates on very short airstrips. That way we could fly a route that the others couldn't follow. The Sim-Outhouse mob will concentrat…

I'll be on Bushnet today, nothing formal though, I'll also create a (RTW) Channel on the teamspeak server through Bushnet as well.Check after 1800 Zulu (1pm Pacific)regards,JoeJOIN The AVSIM RTW RACE FLIGHT TEAM****************Grab My FREEWARE Cessna 172 Voice recognition Profile here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004misc&DLID=58334]Cessna 172 Voice Profile[/a].You will need the main FREEWARE Flight Assistant program to use it, get it here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=genutils&DLID=39661]Flight Assistant 2.2[/a]

Will The Following members please check their Private Message Inbox, or if you know them and see them on the forums, can you ask them to check their messages. Thank You.jwenting (Jeroen)BetchaN29EB (Cannot Locate)?ZIACargoStoneColdENZVjohanvww6kd (Mark Sykes)EsselbachHannes (Inactive User, cannot Locate)?MMfleitao (Inactive User, cannot Locate)?barryward12345Jason_R_MYNNradarbeamThank You,Joe****************Grab My FREEWARE Cessna 172 Voice recognition Profile here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004misc&DLID=58334]Cessna 172 Voice Profile[/a].You will need the main FREEWARE Flight Assistant program to use it, get it here:[a href=http://library.…

I am hoping to fly a leg of the race and think that I may fly it using the Bushnet (using Teamspeak) . The AVSIM Bushnet is a vastly under-used and easy-to-use resource. I know that a few people simply connect to the Bushnet whenever they fly because it is so easy -- but nevertheless, I have not found that to be a particularly satisfying experience as I usually fly alone and don't even get to have default AI traffic.But in the case of this race, I believe that it could be used - if the powers-to-be at AVSIM consider that the server could handle the load. Anyway, I would find this to be a far more pleasurable way to go than VATSIM.I guess if others wanted to fly with VATSI…

Hi all,I'm really looking forward to this, and I hope I will get things to work out this year, so I can even carry the baton for a leg or two - let's see. And to all of you, who are wondering about this: Don't hesitate, this is great fun, and exiting too - even if you are not flying!But I have 1 question: In the top post, it says 20feb, but I have also seen the weekend before that mentioned: Is the date set or what?BRGDSSven Sorensen, EKCH

Can we please work on ZULU time? Personally, Eastern time means nothing to me unless we are referring to AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time).The Military around the world work on ZULU time -- it would be impossible to work to some local US time zone when flying in other time zones . All time zones have a relationship with ZULU time which all Fsimmers should/must? be aware of and able to use.Regards Barry

PNG Flight over the Finisterre Range For January 29, 2025 Michael MacKuen Today we visit the high country of the Finisterre Range on the north side of the Markham Valley. The Finisterre is a particularly steep and rugged set of mountains. We shall enjoy spectacular views of the peaks, ravines, ridges, valleys and the surrounding ocean. And on the way we shall enjoy handling a few airmanship challenges. Landing at Nankina airstrip “on top of the world” We begin with an early morning departure from Aiyura Airport [AYAY, AYU] located near Ukarump village. This is the location of the Aiyura National High School, the Aiyura Agricultural Research Statio…