Attention Speed Junkies!

[Sean_TK]

Interested, but it really depends on the date and time for me.

[ShaneG_old]

Great to see the interest in this. I am open to what times are best for everyone. Saturday or Sunday would probably be best, but I wouldn't be against a weekday. Personally I'm available for this at any time of the day or night. I imagine a little later would be best for those in each hemisphere.
So for those interested so far, if you could post what you feel is a good time for you, we can start to get this thing a little more organized and ready to fly.

[waspiflab]

count me in I have an ace up my sleeve

[Goshawk]

Any day/time works for me other then friday from 5-7 and thursday 3-7. My time zone is eastern or -5 GMT.

[Sean_TK]

Saturdays work best for me, with any time range being available unless it is very late in the evening.
I'm in the US Eastern Timezone.
Tuesday evenings may also work, but that depends on what is going on as far as homework goes for my college classes during that specific week.

Beyond that, I'm sure many of us will be free in the days around Thanksgiving and/or Christmas, so you may want to consider that as well.


Finally, I would really focus on specifying the aircraft requirements, since this could be really lopsided depending on what people find and use.
You may also want to establish weather standards as well.

[ShaneG_old]

A lot of us in the eastern time zone! That's going to make things a little easier. Now to just get something in line with our UK buddies. I was thinking of a time somewhere between 5pm-8pm, I don't want to go past 8pm if I don't have to, that way I won't miss out on a1's tours if we do this on a Saturday.

Are you bringing a rocket powered Cessna Waspi?

[BFMF]

I think the aircrafts should be limited to props manufactured before 1965...


Extra points for WW1 biplanes.... 8-)

[ShaneG_old]

I think the aircrafts should be limited to props manufactured before 1965...


Extra points for WW1 biplanes.... 8-)

I would definately be up for that, but I don't think that anyone has the kind of free time that I do to devote to that idea.
But if they do, I'm game! Multiplayer is so much better than cold. heartless AI to fly with.(or against! )

[Sean_TK]

I think a prop and/or turboprop version would be great, but you would probably need to break the trip up into segments. (such as, fly from A to B on this weekend, then B to C on the next weekend, and so on. Maybe make each trip 200 or 300 miles.)

[Fozzer]

I'm afraid that if it is in the form of a speed contest/Cannonball Run, then obviously the Pilot with the fastest Aeroplane is most likely to win!... ...

...my usual, Touring, General Aviation, Piston Props would never stand a chance!... ...!

There would have to be another way of arranging the flight(s) into separate groups/types of aircraft?

It would have to be a short, 1 to 2 Hours duration, Hop from A to B each Weekend to complete the journey.

From past experience, I find that most Sim Pilots get bored after a short while, and either leave to watch the Dreaded Football, etc, on the 'Tele, or fool about, and annoy others with various Aerobatic, etc, stunts, (and then go off to watch the Dreaded Football, etc, on the 'Tele).... ...!

The usual type of our pre-arranged, shortish, Weekend Tours, from A to B, over the total distance, works very well, and suits most enthusiastic Multiplayer Simmers... ...!

...so...there you go...

Either a Race, from start to finish?...
...or a Tour from Start to Finish?... ...

...my four Pennyworth!.. ...!

F...G-BPLF....FS 2004..+..FS Navigator... 8-)...!

[ShaneG_old]

I'm afraid that if it is in the form of a speed contest/Cannonball Run, then obviously the Pilot with the fastest Aeroplane is most likely to win!... ...

I had thought about that, and that's where the fuel consumption was hopefully going to come into play. That, and for the cross country trip, I kinda figured that only around 5-7 types were gonna show up anyway, I've done this route in what I feel are the fastest available aircraft, and all are within a few knots of eachother in terms of speed, but some drink the petrol alot quicker than others. After all, there is only so fast that you can go in the sim. Once this terminal speed is reached, it's all down to route and fuel consumption. That I feel is where the real challenge will lie!
 For the shorter prop-based hops, I like esselbachs idea about limiting  aircraft to a certain time period. That would keep things close, as would navigation. Make them mountain valley runs keeping under certain altitudes with time penaltys! There are plenty of various racing props out there, most designed to originally compete with eachother.

 But now it's trying to evolve into something serious, I was just looking for something fast and fun with the cross country trip, and since it can be done in under an hour, I figured it would work.
It would really take an extreme amount of dedication and organization to do the slower prop runs, while I think it would be great fun, and something to fill the awful gap left by racing's off season, I agree with you that interest would probably wane rather quickly.
In the end, I guess I'll just keep flying online hoping to see others jump on and join in the fun.

[Fozzer]

...I like your enthusiasm for our Sim V Multiplayer activities, Shane!......!

...see what you can come up with......!

It often involves a lot of very careful, pre-planning, as proved by our regular, expert, very successful, Multiplayer organisers!

Out of all the various other Multiplayer Sites I daily visit, Sim V is one of the the most popular Servers, and mostly guaranteed to come across a similar enthusiast at most times of the day!

So, there you go...

If it looks interesting, and is manageable, on both sides of the Pond, at times to suit both, (and not conflict with existing events), then it is always good-to-go, and keeps Sam's Server alive!......!

F...G-BPLF...FS 2004 + FS Navigator...(and a bottle of Napa Valley's best Red Vino)... ...!

[ShaneG_old]

You mean there are other servers that do this too?
This is the only one I've used (not counting the bad experience on gamespy with FSX)
I really like the simplicity of the way things work here for the online activities, just a couple of clicks away from happiness. No need to run a dozen other programs to get flying.(not that it may be that way at other sites) I guess I just like the familiarity of having the SimV enviroment online.
 As for organizing, lord knows I've got plenty of free time to get it right!

[Sakura]

With regards to speed differences, why not divide the competitors into classes depending on the performance of the chosen aircraft, Le Mans style?

[ShaneG_old]

With regards to speed differences, why not divide the competitors into classes depending on the performance of the chosen aircraft, Le Mans style?

That's a great idea! 8-)
Even fozzer could get in on this!

Speed Classes


P1: Mach 3 or better

1.SR-71
2.XB-70
3.X-15
4.Mig-31 Firefox
5.Tu-360
6.Space Shuttle
7.Mig-25

GT1: Mach 2-3
1.Concorde
2.Tu-144
3.Tu-160
4.Tu-22
5.B-1
6.B-58
7.Su-47

GT2: Mach 1-2
1.Su-27
2.F-14
3.F-15
4.F-16
5.F-18
6.Mig-29
7.All mirages

GT3- Fozzer's Baron 58