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Reply #15 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 5:06pm

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If you guys get a real website that requires doing the config manually, I'm there for ya. Interested in the racing too! Roll Eyes

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Reply #16 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 7:22pm

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fisharno, anything you can provide would be excellent! As well as anyone else who would like to contribute to this, show me! Send me whatever you have that would be pertinent to this endeavour via email. tshortdog@yahoo.com in case you missed it earlier.

I can't believe this is going so far! I love it!

Thanks all for your work and help so far, and I hope to be doing a lot more of this in the near future!

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Reply #17 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 8:53pm

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Happy to!

How about I work up an example of 3 of the offline races I mentioned earlier, to see what you think.

These would be geared toward Beginner, Moderate and Advanced skills. They would be used kind of like a FS 2000 Adventure, that can be downloaded from a site, as either a Text or Word file with EXPLICIT instructions that need to be followed, exactly. In the Advanced race, I'll include a FSNavigator flight plan. If the pilot doesn't have FSNav, a simple text flight plan can be included, but that will make it much harder. That could mean that the point values would increase. At your discretion.

The only way to finish and win is to execute all the instructions to the letter. A series of questions about the individual race would be posted and the answers and solutions would be held by the webmaster only. You could even go so far as to require a password that the webmaster would e-mail to the pilot when he's listed as "Finished", to gain access to the questions. Again, at your discretion.

We were doing this kind of stuff back in the early 80's as part of Road Rallies in the Bay Area, California. (With paper and pencil, of course.)
You had to get the accuracy part down, first, to get the fast times.
It was hard, but one hell of a blast!

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Reply #18 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 9:34pm

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Excellent, I would love to see those. Focus on the offline content, but we can also work up to online-type racing in the near future.

Getting ready to work on the logo momentarily.

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Reply #19 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 9:45pm

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hey scott count me in hyperion gonna kick butt lol

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Reply #20 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 2:11am

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Count me in! Tongue

I don't represent M$. Then why the name M$? Simple...I like what they make, especially FS!

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Reply #21 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 8:07am

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Anyone who flies for a VA may want to propose the idea to their CEO, too. I know we're doing "Team Hyperion", perhaps some of the others will want to put a team together representing their airline as well.

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Reply #22 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 11:03am

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Great!

I finished a "Treasure Hunt" for beginners, last night. All of the content is FS2002 default stuff. Aircraft, scenery, and Kneeboard information. (Opps! Maybe I shouldn't have said that part!) It's about an hour and a half of flying, touch and goes, simple navigation, and questions to answer along the way. I only have to format the instructions and questions so they can be downloaded. It was a little more work than I thought, but it was time well spent. Grin

I've got some appointments I have to be at today, so I'll e-mail you the file(s) later when their completed.

Al

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Reply #23 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:51pm

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Is it okat if me and Saratoga have a go at building the web site?
Ben

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Reply #24 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 4:14pm

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I sent a text file of the Treasure Hunt Race, (beginners) to your e-mail addy.
Maybe give it a go.

You can't look at the answers to the questions, though. Grin

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Reply #25 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 9:55pm

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If I can find documentation on the speed and other specs of my Mustang (real world specs), can I modify the .cfg to reflect the real world characteristics?

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Reply #26 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 2:04am

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If I can find documentation on the speed and other specs of my Mustang (real world specs), can I modify the .cfg to reflect the real world characteristics?

Yes, for sure. And now that I think about it, we need someone to run "quality control". A person to take a look at the files of the aircraft that will be flying and make sure they match as closely as possible the real thing. Any takers?

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Reply #27 - Aug 24^th, 2003 at 10:16am

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That's beyond my scope of knowledge. lol I had to look up the specs for my plane. LOL

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Reply #28 - Aug 25^th, 2003 at 7:54pm

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Hey, I haven't heard anything about SARA in a few days. How's it going? Has anyone come up with a logo yet? Or a website?

Can't wait to race!

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Reply #29 - Aug 25^th, 2003 at 11:01pm

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Hey, I haven't heard anything about SARA in a few days. How's it going? Has anyone come up with a logo yet? Or a website?

Can't wait to race!

Well, I haven't been at home for the past few days, so I am going to have to wait till I return from vacation. Probably won't have any real logo or site up for at least a couple of weeks, yet.

Don't worry, we'll keep you updated, just keep coming back here.

And we still need someone to do quality control. It really wouldn't be that hard. Just checking specs online and then comparing them to the specs in the aircraft.cfg files of the aircraft that a person wishes to race with. I would do it, but I think its time to start passing around a few of the jobs. Still looking for those that wish to be a part of SARA. Anyone who is interested email me at tshortdog@yahoo.com

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