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EHM-1821 Javier

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« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2006, 07:08:43 am »
I just noticed something

LEG 1:
Flight EHM-C881 from Luanda (FNLU) to Maquela (FNMQ).
Range: 226 nm.
Flight Date: From 10th Nov to 12th Nov.
Departure: 06:00 GMT.
Crew: 170 lbs.
Loadmasters: 0 lbs.
Total Pallet weight: 82.500 lbs.

is this supposed to be 82.500 lbs or 82,500lbs?

Because in Leg 8,

LEG 8:
Flight EHM-C888 from Nairobi Wilson (HKNW) to Lokitaung (HKLG).
Range: 370 nm.
Flight Date: From 17th Nov to 19th Nov.
Departure: 11:45 GMT.
Crew: 170 lbs.
Loadmasters: 170 lbs.
Total Pallet weight: 105.100 lbs (6 UN Jeeps).
ATTENTION! Weather at take off must be set to theme "Cold Fronts".

6 jeeps cannot possibly weigh 105.1lbs unless they are toy jeeps lol. i think its supposed to be 105 thousand and 100lbs instead.

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« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2006, 07:12:49 am »
In Europe, periods are used in the place where we would use commas. So yes, he means a) 82,500lbs and 105,100 lbs ;)

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« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2006, 07:36:36 am »
oh, ok, thanks. btw, the runway at HKLG is sand and with 85,200lbs for takeoff, i could only just takeoff at the end of the runway with a 20-25% (wing tanks, 20% in each wing) fuel load. Difficult stuff lol:]

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« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2006, 09:17:04 am »
Well, call me boring, but I find it quite hard to imagine how I will do these flights, and picture what time to do it etc. so I made a chart. The picture below is the chart I made for myself. I could make an emptier one in case anybody wants to use it too, although, it does require Microsoft Excel.



The red rectangles show what days each leg is allowed. Underneath, it shows each leg in Nm, but I highlighted the long ones yellow, just to remind me where they are, but you don't have to have that in the original copy.

On the "Which legs I'll do" that shows which legs I will do on each day. I have left some blank, because of time reasons, I'll just have to fly whenever I can! When it goes into brackets, that's just saying what possible legs I could do that day.

Finally, the X's in some of the red rectangles are for my reminding. Doesn't really apply to everyone else.

I can put up something here to let people download this, but I think I'd need management permission first.

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« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2006, 11:02:56 am »
Any o0ne else having trouble installing the aircraft?? Unfortunately he auto install programme misloads it into my fs9 folder so i have extracted the aircraft folder into the aircraft folder in fs9 and the gauges into the gauges folder in fs9. I can load the aircraft but can not interact with the switches in the cockpit - unable to flick any switches except the radio and gps and map icons?/
Any help much appreciated, Jim

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« Reply #30 on: November 06, 2006, 12:07:51 pm »
It is strange and funny. The auto-installer needs your main FS folder. So for example: C:\games\FS2004.

Then, it have 2 folders inside. The airplane will goes to the ..\given folder\aircraft, and the only 1 gauge file will goes under ..\given folder\gauges. I tried it and it works at me.

Do you have FS2002 or FS2004 ?

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« Reply #31 on: November 06, 2006, 12:10:15 pm »
And the HUD is not in the panel anymore.
Very nice to have during the visual approaches with no navaids. It's good to have focus ouside rather than looking down on the EFIS
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« Reply #32 on: November 06, 2006, 12:12:33 pm »
Have worked it out....i extracted the individual gauge files out into the maingauges folder which was the problem...justput the whole .cab file in now and it works fine. Many thanks any way, jim

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« Reply #33 on: November 06, 2006, 12:16:46 pm »
And have not mentioned, but it seems you sorted out...so all the new aircrafts are going to a new category under the aircraft selection : EuroHarmony v4 it has a technical reason, so you can separate your old aircrafts from the new ones. ;)

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« Reply #34 on: November 06, 2006, 01:18:28 pm »
The "." means thousands. :)

We have 18 pilots at this moment registered.

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« Reply #35 on: November 06, 2006, 01:58:20 pm »
Just making sure... am I one?

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« Reply #36 on: November 06, 2006, 02:20:26 pm »
Well if all fly the first leg online, it will be crowded on the grass field:):%
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« Reply #37 on: November 06, 2006, 02:59:33 pm »
wouldnt like to  be the last one taking off lol  - the grass would be mud at that stage ha ha  :o
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« Reply #38 on: November 06, 2006, 03:18:45 pm »
Hey, Bruno, My E-mail can't seem to reach you, but you can sign me up!

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« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2006, 05:30:16 pm »
Hi Matt,

Welcome then. Your airplane tail id is HB-AER. The airplane is reserved. You can lock another flight but this airplane cannot be locked by anyone besides you.

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« Reply #40 on: November 06, 2006, 06:04:55 pm »
Wow, 19 pilots already! This is a huge event, even bigger than the last one (I think). Yay!

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« Reply #41 on: November 06, 2006, 06:21:43 pm »
make that 20 Ben i just sent my mail to Bruno 2!!   what an event this will be ;D
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« Reply #42 on: November 06, 2006, 07:08:20 pm »
Hey guys, this will be a tight business down there in Africa. Our birdie MD 17 UNHCR is lovely aircraft, but bring him up or lay down to the grass piloting manually.....woooow! But....the show must go on!!!

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« Reply #43 on: November 06, 2006, 07:46:08 pm »
you guys have me worried bout this now..... :s   - i'm gonna practise the first leg tonight and see whether or not i'll be ok - i think i'll be grand..... i hope i'll be grand ;)
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« Reply #44 on: November 06, 2006, 08:06:26 pm »
Hey, Brian. I just did the first two legs. I found the grass runway more of a challenge to line up with rather than land.

My advice for Grass runways is get in line WAY before you land. While landing, go very slow, and make sure you are prepared for a very fast stop!

I find the take-off very very hard for the grass runway, but you need to go even further before the runway starts, keep the parking brake on as you power up, and then unleash the power! You can manage to do it, but Practise makes perfect!

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« Reply #45 on: November 06, 2006, 08:18:47 pm »
Ok, here is the link to my propilot thing. Please remember you need Microsoft Excel! I will try to make a word version aswell!

Click Here!

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« Reply #46 on: November 06, 2006, 09:19:25 pm »
Hey Brian. When on final, not just line up way before touch down on the grass, but approach as low as possible, since our birdie sometimes has a problem to come down fast enough due to too high approaching speed. The consequence: you might jump over the half of the runway before you touch down and it's a big question if the brakes will be sufficient to stop this iron monster in time.

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« Reply #47 on: November 06, 2006, 10:14:07 pm »
Well the engines on the MD-17 are midair reversible so you can start the thrust reversing before touchdown.
Just like to the good old DC-8:>

I tried to land at the first grass strip with full fuel onboard, and made a rather long landing but managed to stop before the "treshhold"
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« Reply #48 on: November 07, 2006, 02:53:39 am »
Sounds like the MD17 was a wise choice for these small air strips. Was there any particular reason for choosing it, or was it at random?

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« Reply #49 on: November 07, 2006, 05:01:06 am »
and dont come in too low either way for HKLG!!!! :] Mountains on both sides...

and i think the reason for choosing the MD-17 was that its a military aircraft capable of landing on short, unprepared/unpaved airstrips:>

 

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