My info looks good @SeedyL3205
This is MO Pilot 54 by the way.
Hello,
Apologies, I registered twice by mistake. I initially entered as KIWI1 but realized I did not provide the complete number. Since I did not receive verification (at least I was not aware until now), I registered again under my full name/number: Kiwi1#7108. Feel free to delete KIWI1âflying as one person is challenging enough!
So in this pie chartâŠthe green 1 next to the Pitts segment doesnât have a label and the blue looks-like-a-one next to the Extra 330 segment doesnât have either a number or a label. What are those?
Robin Cap 10 and Shock Ultra, respectively.
Jesus HâŠa Shock Ultra? Brave manâŠ
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Why wouldnât everyone choose the fastest aircraft with the most range?
Very interesting indeedâŠ
Because it is the first race of the season, itâs not the hardest one by far in term of geography / weather / flying time, and you canât use the same plane in several races. Saving my fast one & my best-range one for later. 
Btw Iâm not sure the two guys that picked the VL-3 have realized it has no autopilot anymore (and mods / tinkering with .cfg files is not an option).
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Well firstly cos you can only use it once in the whole race series and secondlyâŠafter the SR22, what is the fastest aircraft with the most range?
The extra 330 is pretty fast but it doesnât have an autopilot, most inconvenient that is. Especially if youâre getting up at 1am to fly this like what I am. The Pitts is pretty fast but has terrible range, also no autopilot. The Xcub isnât that quick but has decent range and an autopilot but itâs a taildragger, which adds more chance of a poor landing. Last time I looked the DA40 had half a fuel tank, but itâs v nice to fly. The choices go onâŠ
Yup thanks. The single use aircraft part I had forgotten about. Just as well I had to bow out! 
Good point about the DA40, I like it a lot but I fly the modded one ⊠Iâll have to make sure itâs worthy in stock form before picking it for later races.
SimAir.io seems to have a mind of its own. During testing over the past few days it often (approx 90%) randomly disconnects during flight regardless of settings, windows opened/not opened, pausing or esc /not pausing or esc the sim, etc. So far Discord has not helped me identify anything I might be doing wrong. Many touch-and-gos during the crossing will be required
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The only catch with SimAir Iâve noticed is that you need to launch the client and login to your account before you open MSFS. Also, if youâre unfortunate enough to have your sim crash to desktop, you need to exit and restart SimAir before re-launching MSFS.
Thanks for the advice. I will keep testing/troubleshooting, but for me most flights last about 26 minutes before SimAir disconnects for no apparent reason. However, I did complete the entire flight last weekend without an issue. No worries, the flight more interesting/challenging with technical issues. Cheers!
Just want to clarify something because of what happened when I flew a trip now.
Was doing a flight and 3 hours in my autopilot borked, as it does. If this had been in the race I could have gone to the nearest airport, done a touch and go, restarted MSFS and continued on from there, right?
What fuel level are we then putting in? Or is it a mandatory 10minute refuel when things like that happen? In my case, I could check my fuel level, put in the same amount and continue, but if MSFS crashes, you might not know what you had?
Edit: I guess we could check SimAir and see the fuel level we had at touch down there?
If that same situation happens again, I suggest treating it as a mandatory 10 minute fuel stop after restarting the sim at the last airport you landed at. Itâs not an ideal solution, but given the constraints we have, itâs not unreasonable. And 10 minutes isnât going to make or break your race.
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Yeah, sounds like the best option.
And I have no expectations to win this. Iâm a noob at this, so expecting to end up at the back of the pack somewhere. The journey and the experience is the price for me.
Honestly, I think thatâs the case for most of us. I organized this event and am participating for fun, community-building, and raising money for the Royal Flying Doctors. If I manage to finish in the top half of the leaderboard, Iâll treat that as a successful race for me.
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So does that mean youâre gonna be in the streamers Discord channel being sociable this time? 
I plan to stop in and say hello to everyone a few times.