bgas004
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Post by bgas004 on Jan 21, 2010 12:34:33 GMT -5
Left-click on the header "Last Post" and the sort order will change. Click until the "Last Post" items are at the top of the list. Les Hi Les, Thanks but that's not what I was talking about. That changes the order of the posts for the main Forum Index, but let's say I want to read the latest post for "Official GAAR 2010 Forum", when I click on that to enter that forum the first post is the very first one that Andrew posted on the 4th of January. I want that order reversed, so when I enter that forum the first post I see is the very latest post. As it is now, I have to go all the way to page 6 (not like that's a big deal really) to read what someone just posted rather than it being right at the top, where it really should be. I only frequent maybe 3 or 4 forums on a daily basis, this is the only one where there doesn't seem to be a way to change the order of the posts inside the forum. Thanks again.
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Post by rattler1 on Jan 21, 2010 16:53:53 GMT -5
The old girl is now out of the Darwin paintshop, and I must say they did a good job with Sir Geoffrey's finest. Since we're in Oz, it seemed only fitting that we had a relevant paintscheme and so the RAF colours have been replaced with those of the Northern Territory Medical Service, my little tribute to the guys and gals who run the essential side of aviation.
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Post by billrumpf on Jan 23, 2010 5:01:10 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to flying in the GAAR 2010. It has been a couple years and I need to ask a question about handling the weather file for FS9. What do I do with that file? Thanks.
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Post by Tom Goodrick on Jan 23, 2010 9:55:59 GMT -5
The file that contains all the GAAR 2010 Situation files goes into your Flight Simulator Files folder under My Documents. I think when I unzipped the download, there was only one folder that needed to be copied into the My Documents folder to get all the files in there. There should be a .WX file for each .FLT file. Then when you want to start flying the GAAR, start FS9 and go to FLIGHTS where you will see all 10 GAAR 2010 Situation files. Click on the next one you wish to fly. That will load in the weather for that leg. You will find a Cessna 172 idling on the runway for departure on that leg. (It may not be the same runway you came in on. Takeoff runway is your choice.) Change planes to the plane you are flying. Check such details as fuel, engines available and view options. You may have to change these each time to suit your aircraft and your preferences. You need a sheet of paper nearby that has your tarfet time for each leg. As you fly look at the FltTime and try to estimate howmuch longer it will take to rach the destination. The simplest way is to fly to your destination using high cruise power so you arrive a little early. Then you can overfly the airport to identify the runway you want to use and look for key landmarks for your approach. Then circle back, flying at least a rough pattern to get back in line with the runway for your approach. The obverflight is important because some runways are hard to see and there may be obscuring clouds nearby. But a visual approach can be made to all airports.
Have fun.
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Post by Tom Goodrick on Jan 23, 2010 10:04:21 GMT -5
Hey Rattler1, I don't see big round radials. Those look like turboprop engines!
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Post by rattler1 on Jan 23, 2010 12:03:48 GMT -5
No Tom, they aren't "going-round" engines, but "going-up-and-down" genuine suck, squeeze ,bang, blow for all that. D.H. Gypsy Queens. Six (I think) cylinder in-line inverted. They're turned upside-down for propeller clearance.
Edited, since I've just found this on Wiki.
Gipsy engines were relatively unusual by the 1930s/40s because they were in-line engines, at a time when radial or opposed-action engine layouts were more popular.
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Post by budsbud on Jan 23, 2010 14:28:23 GMT -5
Seems as though I have messed myself up on Leg 6. I set in the COM_VOR freq as 114,00 that appeared in the FS9 map. They seem to be wrong and I could not get the bearings right. I went on the internet to world navaids and the freq was listed as 113.00 mhz. When I entered this freq in the NAV 1 everything came up roses. Did I miss something in the NOTAMS?? I re-downloaded what I thought were the latest Flight Directions. Any thoughts ??
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Post by rattler1 on Jan 23, 2010 16:34:05 GMT -5
budsbud,
It's somewhere in the NOTAMs or the files. The COR DME is not what you are looking for. You are right that the beacon is on 113.0, coding WLE.
Fly safely,
Rattler
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Ed Burke
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Post by Ed Burke on Jan 23, 2010 17:09:38 GMT -5
You are right on with the Gypsy Queens Rattles. They are an inverted in-line six. I once had a ride in a Dove out of Essendon to see the city lights and I found the smooth running of the Queens very impressive. A straight six is an easy setup to get good balance and it showed. Being inverted also meant a collection of oil in the valve gear while the engine was idle resulting in some fine smoke displays on startup !
Ed
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Post by Andrew Godden on Jan 23, 2010 17:25:39 GMT -5
Seems as though I have messed myself up on Leg 6. I set in the COM_VOR freq as 114,00 that appeared in the FS9 map. They seem to be wrong and I could not get the bearings right. I went on the internet to world navaids and the freq was listed as 113.00 mhz. When I entered this freq in the NAV 1 everything came up roses. Did I miss something in the NOTAMS?? I re-downloaded what I thought were the latest Flight Directions. Any thoughts ?? Bud, A NOTAM was issued on 19 Jan regarding an updated Event and Flight Briefings document. I had incorrectly listed the COM DME as a VOR, whereas it should have been the WLE VOR on Flight Leg 6. I have just rechecked the download and it is the updated Briefing document.
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Post by Andrew Godden on Jan 23, 2010 19:33:04 GMT -5
The de Havilland Gipsy Queen engine was a piston engine for aircraft use developed in 1935 by the de Havilland Engine Company from the de Havilland Gipsy Six. It is a six cylinder, inverted, inline piston engine.
On the De Havilland D.H. 104 'Dove' it was used in variants ranging from 208 hp, the 340 hp geared, supercharged variant, and a 400 hp variant.
A conversion of the 'Dove', re-branded the Carstedt Jet Liner 600, was carried out by Carstedt Inc, of Long Beach, CA. This conversion, among other things, fitted the aircraft with two 605 hp (451-kW) Garrett AiResearch TPE331 turboprop engines.
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Post by rattler1 on Jan 24, 2010 10:06:33 GMT -5
Riley also produced a version, which had Lycoming flat-six engines and a swept fin. I wasn't sure about the number of pistons but I thought it had to be six. My only real-world experience of the engine type is the Gypsy Major in the Chipmunk which I believe was a four-cylinder job (it's nearly twenty years in the past)
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Post by Andrew Godden on Jan 24, 2010 17:20:11 GMT -5
Rattler1,
True, Riley Aircraft in the USA also did a conversion on the 'Dove', the Riley Turbo Executive 400, using 400 hp Lycoming IO-720-A1As. They were, in fact a flat-eight piston engine. In some instances, these conversions also fitted a taller swept vertical fin and rudder.
A 'Dove Series 5' was involved in an accident out of Essendon (YMEN), in 1993. Lost power in one engine on take off. Came to rest in someones front yard as part of a "new facade" to the house. No major post crash fire and all survived, which is not what could be said for the 'Dove'.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Jan 24, 2010 20:07:50 GMT -5
The Gipsy in the Chippie had four cylinders, and it's 40 years since I rattled round in them. Ed, check young Rattlers ID before giving a beer at the end of flight barbies. Under-age drinking should never be encouraged, it leaves less for the rest of us.
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Ed Burke
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Post by Ed Burke on Jan 24, 2010 23:13:28 GMT -5
Will do. He claims to be a late '46 model but I think a general knowledge quiz about the 70's should sort it all out.
Ed
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