In this series of events, we will fly the ATR across turbo prop routes that are typically flown by the Dash 8 and Saab aircraft in Australia.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.
Regards, Paul
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2023-07-27T10:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Leg1: Townsville(YBTL) to Mackay(YBMK)
Plan: YBTL TL WALTA V153 DAGSI MK YBMK
Alt: FL170’
Alternate: YBTL
Block Time: 1hr 18min
Block Fuel: 2,065kgs
Block Payload: 5,007kgs
Leg2: Mackay(YBMK) to Townsville(YBTL)
Plan: YBMK CLIFT2 CLIFT V308 TL DCT YBTL
Alt FL160
Alternate: YBHM
Block Time: 1hr 16min
Block Fuel: 1,978kgs
Block Payload: 5,007kgs
Airport details:
Townsville Intl(YBTL)
Elev: 18’
RW 01/19 Asphalt
RW 07/25 Asphalt
Mackay(YBMK)
Elev: 19’
RW 14/32 Asphalt
Aircraft: ATR 72/600
IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. This only detracts from the immersion of the flight.
Seeing Aircraft Correctly: You need to do two things to ensure you can see the other pilots in the event and see them in the aircraft they selected.
Select the same server: To do this, proceed as follows:
From the Welcome Screen, click on your Username (top right)
From the list of servers, under Servers, select WEST USA
Turn off Generic Planes: To do this, proceed as follows:
From the Welcome Screen, click on OPTIONS
Click on GENERAL
With TRAFFIC selected, scroll down to the last option and set USE GENERIC PLANE MODELS to OFF
Turning off Crash/Damage:
Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Disable Aircraft Stress Damage
Disable Engine Stress Damage
Accept the changes
Voice Room: My personal Discord server is used for voice comms. If you haven’t already joined my server, click on the below link to request access. I will set you up as a Member so you can access the server. Ensure you do this prior to the flight, as latecomers will need to wait for the next event.
Link to join the Voice Room: Discord
Note: this link is only valid for 7 days from posting.
Weather/Time: We will set the time to REAL TIME and REAL WEATHER. This will allow us to fly in a variety of times based on the timezone we are flying.
From the World Map view, click on Flight Conditions (upper right of screen)
Click on All Players, Live Traffic, Custom
Under Weather and Time, select Live Weather and Real Time.
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.
We can start departing from 10:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Lets just have some fun taking in the scenery and the social aspects of the event.
Turning on Points of Interest
Select Options/Assistance
Expand POI
Set Landmark Markers to ON
Set City Markers to ON
Set Airport Markers to ON
Accept the changes
Turning on Name Tags (This will assist you in following the group if you get disoriented):
Select Options/GeneralTraffic
Set Show Traffic Nameplates to On
Accept the settings
Still confused, check out the multiplayer video tutorial from SimHangar Flight Simulation: MSFS | MULTIPLAYER | How To Guide | Everything You Need To Know | Fly in events coming soon. - YouTube
Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.,
Regards, Paul
Flight plans for the event …
Little NavMap:
IFR Townsville Intl (YBTL) to Mackay (YBMK).lnmpln (2.3 KB)
IFR Mackay (YBMK) to Townsville Intl (YBTL).lnmpln (2.3 KB)
MSFS:
Goodday Paul,
After last Thurs flight and during this week, disappointed with Course, ILS and RNAV not working for me successfully. Never saw any references to the ATR being updated in the 2 small updates this week.
However, saw Juman…(Moderator) comment on the forums re Course knob, for XBOX and PC users to uninstall and reinstall ATR, which I have done and tested today.
Worked mostly very successfully. Today did flight from Busselton(YBLN) to Perth(YPPH) and back; ILS into YPPH (IFR conditions) worked v. successfully, But TOD was 10M to the right of track managed to eventually get it on VNAV and all went well to the landing. Back to YBLN, TOD was on track and RNAV worked well, gettting a bit low in the last 300ft and cancelled A/P.
STRONGLY SUGGEST IF PEOPLE HAVENT TO uninstall and reinstall ATR.
Thanks Mate
Event reminder …