* (UPDATED)Welcome to the American Rockies Tour*

[Jimbo]

The Rockies boast some of the most breath taking views in the world, stunning scenery, and filled with wildlife.

This has to be, one of the most, beautiful places in the world.

Welcome to the "Rockies".

Join in with the Simalive Flight simulation tours, to fly around this Magnificent place.

This tour will involve light General Aviation aircraft touring the Rockies, uncovering the beauty it has to offer.
The tour will really test your flying skills and capabilities as  we climb higher, and higher to see what this fantasic place has to offer.

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General Information

Start date of the first hop of this tour

TUESDAY 13TH JUNE 2006 AT 8:15 PM GMT

Aircraft to fly

Light - Powerful GA aircraft, capable of climbing to high altitudes

Reccomended Mesh to download

Please go to the link below to view information on how to download and install the mesh:

http://www.simviation.com/fsdterrainsrtm.htm

Required Mesh for this Tour:

NA44
NA45
NA46
NA54
NA55
NA56


Map of the area we will be flying around

http://www.pgrentals.com/images/colorado_map.gif

We will be flying within Colorado and surrounding areas.

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I look forward to seeing you on this tour, and i hope you all can make it.

PLEASE make any suggestions/improvements within this thread.

Many thanks,

James - Simalive  

[Serpent_6]

Sounds like fun again

powerful aircraft ey? Legacy seems to be the plane of choise again

[Airshow_lover]

What server will this be on?

[BAW0343]

i am so there  ;D  whould the Spartan work? or is that not a mountian type aircraft?

[Jimbo]

What server will this be on?

This will be on the official Simviation Server:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1148901173

Cheers,

James

[Jakemaster]

I will try to come as often as I can in my DC-3, but I wont make the first one cause I will be at NASA

[Peanut1234]

cool! I bet I can make Tuesday..... Piper Apache ok? I hope it's powerful enough..

[Jakemaster]

cool! I bet I can make Tuesday..... Piper Apache ok? I hope it's powerful enough..

Do you mean Bill Lyons twin?  If so, no, you need to turbo charge it.

ANY Prop aircraft MUST BE TURBOCHARGED to handle high altitudes

[gijake]

I wont be able to make the first one, but I will try to come on the later ones.  Will the Statojet Merlin work?

[wealthysoup]

I wont be able to make the first one, but I will try o come on the later ones.  Will the Statojet Merlin work?

Should be fine as long as you keep te speed down a bit and it has quite good STOL abilities.
For high quality terrain (38.2m)look here
Although if your not interested in that...or your internets a dial up modem(...fozzer) you might want to stick with simvs 78m terrain.

[Daz1204]

Hey Im new here and Id like to fly with u guys but is there anything I should dl?

[Sir_Crashalot]

Hi DAZ1204,

welcome to Simviation. You will probably have to download some parts of the SRTM mesh that you can find on this site. Here: http://simviation.com/fsdterrainsrtm.htm
Just don't start downloading yet, check this place for the parts you will need. You don't need to download airplanes, just stick to the default ones.

Crash

[Daz1204]

Ok,I had already dl some planes,dont know what Ill fly yet though...

[Fozzer]

Until Jimbo publishes a flight plan of the Rockies area I am curious at to the sorts of altitude we will be encountering.
The choice of my default piston props may be limited, due to carburettor problems at high altitudes...!!!
Anyone know how high the Rockies are...?
It's always a problem leaving an airfield, at high altitude in a deep valley, and clearing high mountains on all sides with a piston prop aircraft even with careful monitoring of the Throttle, Carburettor Mixture, and Propeller Controls...!!!
It would be nice to use a Dh Beaver, Aviat, or Bellanca "Bush-type- wheel/float" aircraft but they are not Default aircraft, and they are all piston props fitted with carburettors...!
That leaves the Default Cessna's, 172,182 and the Beechcraft Baron, and I am curious as to how they would cope with safe high altitude touring in the Rockies...?
We shall see when we can view the map of the area......LOL...!

Cheers Pilots... ...!

Paul...servicing the aircraft in my hangar ready for the flight... ...!

[JBaymore]

Paul,

The Rockies have 14,000 foot peaks.