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Hi pilots! Looks like its time to wrap up another adventure back in Time!
Tonight's mission:
Thursday night we will wrap up our 4th lap around the planet by returning to Mansfield, Ohio where it all started! We've had a lot of fun over the last year and a half and visited some amazing places, and I would like to thank all of the pilots who made this series such a pleasure to host. Great times indeed!:applause:
This flight will take place using JoinFS. See here for details:
http://msflights.net/forum/showthrea...FS-Quick-Start
Please connect to JoinFS using the following IP:
101.165.150.139
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
NASA Shuttle Landing Facility, Florida Departure (KTTS)
Savannah Hilton Head intl (KSAV)
Tri-Cities Regl (KTRI)
Mansfield Lahm Regl (KMFD)
A flightplan .PLN file for this flight can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1O4aN5s
AIRCRAFT
The preferred aircraft is the C-130 Hercules. Alternatives include the C-97 Stratofreighter, the Antonov An-12 and An-32, the C-133 Cargomaster, the Howard 500 and the Boxcar - or any cargo prop that can do 260 kts IAS at around 20,000 ft.
No Jets.
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Not sure what to fly?
For those who don't have or don't want to fly the C-130, Storm was kind enough to document which are the best planes for these "Around the World" cargo flights. This should help you decide.
- C-97 Stratofreighter Popular, quality freeware that comes with an installer (v2) available here, or without an installer (v3) but with extra models and separate optional extra mods and liveries here (look in the Cargo props section).
- C-133 Cargomaster Largest aircraft with massive payload. Easy to fly (with practice). Keeps up with the C-130. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section; install both v1 + cumulative v1.3 upgrade). Warning: a small number of pilots have frame rate problems when flying this aircraft.
- An-12 Most similar to C-130. Most extras (airbrake, autothrottle, paradrop). Russian annotations. Most difficult to fly. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- An-32 Most frame-rate friendly. Best cockpit model. Easy to fly except long spool time. Needs refueling on long flights. Download with an installer here.
- Howard 500 Easy for piston engine pilots. Best climber. Tail-dragger. Performance tails off at altitude. Poorest frame rates. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- C-119 Boxcar Easiest to fly. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- Re-engined (French) variant: Faster. Normal climb rates.
- Normal engine variants: Slower. Half the climb rate so gets left behind on short-medium length flights.
Comparative flat-out speeds:
Happy landings,
Lazer
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