Simviation Forum - FS9 IA Flying Formation

May 21^st, 2005 at 11:26pm

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I setup a flight of Stearman Kaydets. I would like for them to fly in formation. Here is how I wrote the flight plans.

AC#64,BS101,20%,24Hr,VFR,06:59:46,08:22:12,065,F,9165,KNUQ,12:59:46,14:22:12,065
,F,9168,SCPB

AC#64,BS102,20%,24Hr,VFR,06:59:46,08:22:12,064,F,9169,KNUQ,12:59:46,14:22:12,064
,F,9170,SCPB

AC#64,BS103,20%,24Hr,VFR,06:59:46,08:22:12,063,F,9171,KNUQ,12:59:46,14:22:12,063
,F,9172,SCPB

AC#64,BS104,20%,24Hr,VFR,06:59:46,08:22:12,062,F,9173,KNUQ,12:59:46,14:22:12,062
,F,9174,SCPB

The problem that I'm having with them is they are flying one on top of the other one instead of side by side.

So My question is how can I get the aircraft to fly formation side by side?

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Reply #1 - May 22^nd, 2005 at 9:51am

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Cant really program a formation, but:

Set everything the same, including altitude. The a/c will maintain a 'safe' horiz. separation. The amount of separation will vary. Not perfect but it works.

Of course they wont take off or land in formation so you have to intercept the flight enroute. (Start your flight at least 16 min after their scheduled departure, and/or well away from their departure point.)

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Reply #2 - May 22^nd, 2005 at 10:54am

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Thanks for the reply.

Does IFR or VFR make any differns?

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Reply #3 - May 22^nd, 2005 at 6:48pm

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Shouldn't as all ai fly direct routes.

This assumes that the a/c are enroute when you start your pursuit flight.

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Reply #4 - May 22^nd, 2005 at 8:52pm

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What I'v noticed if I wright the flight plans in vfr the aircraft are all bunched to gether one in side of the other. But if I wright the flight plans in ifr the aircrft end up 1 to 2 mlies apart. There ony in formation for a short time.

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Reply #5 - May 24^th, 2005 at 8:42pm

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Well then, write them with VFR. This is not an exact science as FS does not support 'formations' as such. Wink

The reason the formation gets screwed up in IFR is that when the a/c are receiving instructions from ATC (for a much longer time, basically any time other than cruise.), ATC handles them one at a time. This holds true for both departure and arrival.

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Reply #6 - Aug 31^st, 2005 at 3:22am

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hi i know this is late but something i have found to work is that if you make thier alt maybe 20 ft different and their take off time about about 5 sec apart and thier landing time 30 apart they well fly about 5 ft in alt difference and be about 20 ft from wing tip to wing tip but say you have your pt-17s one takes off at 3:00am have the second one take off at about 3:00:20am and then there landing time like this........pt one =4:00 and pt two at 4:00:10

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