Author Topic: Lisbon Dakar 2008 Event (Read 52981 times)

EHM-1001 Robert · « **Reply #25 on:** January 02, 2008, 12:54:15 pm »

Dear Gents,

last year we had a bloody hard return flight to Lisbon, because the freeware Beech burnt the fuel so fast. Plz check, if you have the latest version with moderate fuel usage.

The normal value inside the Aircraft.cfg for the Beech should have:

[GeneralEngineData]
...
fuel_flow_scalar = 0.5

This way you should not have to leave the baggage in Dakar for the return flights.

EHM-1680 Fanis · « **Reply #26 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:00:51 pm »

What about the payware (PMDG)?

EHM-2131 Bruce · « **Reply #27 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:51:03 pm »

how do you lock your flight? i have gone to propilot and my id is next to CS-DKL this is in green ,but all others are in red, when i go to lock the flight it is not in the lock plane list, so i cannot lock the flight, any help please Regards Bruce EHM 2131

EHM-1953 Daniel · « **Reply #28 on:** January 02, 2008, 05:57:32 pm »

Bruce, i think it's like this, that you can't lock the flight until the right date of the leg. so you'll have to wait until the 4th to fly the first leg :]

EHM-2131 Bruce · « **Reply #29 on:** January 02, 2008, 08:02:36 pm »

Hi Daniel, thanks for that will try Again on Friday, all the best Bruce EHM 2131

EHM-1651 Christian · « **Reply #30 on:** January 02, 2008, 08:52:01 pm »

Hi Bruce

You can only lock the flights within the specified date range given on the event page.

So try again on the 4th:>

EHM-1417 Tamas · « **Reply #31 on:** January 02, 2008, 10:24:40 pm »

EHM-1001 Robert · « **Reply #32 on:** January 02, 2008, 10:41:40 pm »

Hello Fanis. We did not alter PMDG fuel useage, so that should be Okay

EHM-1944 Jaap · « **Reply #33 on:** January 03, 2008, 09:42:39 am »

Last year I flew the event with the PMDG Beech1900 without having a fuel problem with the last two legs even with some headwind using real weather.
Cheers,
Jaap

EHM-1657 Jay · « **Reply #34 on:** January 03, 2008, 12:01:10 pm »

Same here Jaap, no dramas at all

EHM-2097 Andrei · « **Reply #35 on:** January 04, 2008, 09:16:02 am »

Here we goooo!

I did not wake up early enough to be the first to fly the first leg (Bruce beat me by 10 minutes, congrats to him), but the adventure has begun. (In this case, the adventure is of course to find the time to fly within the schedule

)

Looking forward to the next leg!

Andrei

EHM-2173 Bastiaan · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2008, 12:23:44 pm »

You guys know that the Dakar race is cancelled right :|

EHM-2095 Billy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2008, 12:31:38 pm »

Quote

Originally posted by EHM-2173 Bastiaan
You guys know that the Dakar race is cancelled right :|

Well, i heard it a few minutes ago.
What about the event? Shall we fly the same?

EHM-2097 Andrei · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2008, 12:33:28 pm »

Oops, I did not know that...

Sooo... I'm (virtually of course) at Portimao right now, should I head north or south

?

Andrei

EHM-2131 Bruce · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2008, 12:52:46 pm »

we shall have to wait for more information from control, would be a pity to stop the tour, but will fly the next leg any way, if it is stopped l will fly the event, just for the fun of it. Bruce EHM 2131

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #40 on:** January 04, 2008, 02:05:02 pm »

I say keep going (personal, not MT...) Just 'cause they've canceled the real-life race, no reason for us to not keep the event going in celebration of the history of the real-life race.

EHM-0641 Rico · « **Reply #41 on:** January 04, 2008, 05:07:03 pm »

Why did they cancel it?

EHM-1465 Dominic · « **Reply #42 on:** January 04, 2008, 06:29:31 pm »

According to the BBC News website it was cancelled because terrorist threats against the race meant that the organisers felt the risks to those involved were too great.

This is against a background of tourists being murdered recently in Mauritania so the threat is unfortunately very real...

EHM-1953 Daniel · « **Reply #43 on:** January 04, 2008, 06:45:23 pm »

yes, Dominic has got it all right, and if you would like to read what the organisers them selves got to say can you read their statement at http://www.dakar.com/indexus.html

EHM-2173 Bastiaan · « **Reply #44 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:24:40 pm »

But I don't understand why they cancel the whole tour. Why can't you just drive to Morrocco and back or something. These people spended a whole year and a whole load of money on there car.. And imagine the money that the event loses by sponsors etc.

EHM-1592 Niels · « **Reply #45 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:39:05 pm »

Bastiaan,

The ralley is nothing without Maurentania, because of the worlds best sand dunes there.
I guess it's all or nothing. The sponsors will run anyway from only a half ralley. I think the question is:
why so late, the problems are not from yesterday only

EHM-1657 Jay · « **Reply #46 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:35:42 pm »

Not quite the same is it? I have sort of made it a tradition each year to put the results of the real race up and some pics and some info but yeh... I am disappointed

EHM-1821 Javier · « **Reply #47 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:13:06 am »

Oh well, at least we can still fly our own event, better than a terrorist threat becoming a real happening :s

EHM-2180 Mugur · « **Reply #48 on:** January 05, 2008, 08:52:23 am »

right now(0900z) on the acars there are 5 pilots doing the second leg to LEMG. Too bad we are not on the same network. Im alone on vatsim....

EHM-0641 Rico · « **Reply #49 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:05:56 pm »

I just finished the second leg to LEMG.

I was able to lock leg E053. But I do not see a leg from LEMG to Nador..

Are we supposed to fly E053 today also or what..?

if not, what is the ICAO code for Nador?

How do we proceed from LEMG onwards??

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Author Topic: Lisbon Dakar 2008 Event (Read 52981 times)

EHM-1944 Jaap

EHM-2173 Bastiaan

EHM-2095 Billy

EHM-0641 Rico

EHM-2173 Bastiaan

EHM-1821 Javier

EHM-2180 Mugur

EHM-0641 Rico