The Great Australian Crawl: In this event we explore Australia by circumnavigating the continent but still getting a good feel for the terrain, vegetation and civilisation throughout this great land down under.
The series will cover forty events (colour coded by state) around Australia as follows:
Leg 2: Coffs Harbour(YCFS) to Archerfield(YBAF).
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: 2022-11-11T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Coffs Harbour(YCFS) Stewarts(YSEW) Grafton(YGFN) Palmers Is(YPLI) Evans Head(YEVD) Ballina(YBNA) Byron Bay(BBAY) Tyagarah(YTYH) Hastings Pt(HASS) Kingscliff(KCFF) Gold Coast(YBCG) Burleigh Head(BLGH) Q1 Bld(Q1) Southport(YSPT) Target(TAR) Archerfield(YBAF).
Take off from Coffs Harbour(YCFS)
Track 002 deg to Stewarts(YSEW) 10.2nm
Touch and Go at Stewarts(YSEW)
Track 332 deg to Grafton(YGFN) 25nm
Touch and Go at Grafton(YGFN)
Track 022 deg to Palmers Is(YPLI) 23nm
Touch and Go at Palmers Is(YPLI)
Track 009 deg to Evans Head(YEVD) 23nm
Touch and Go at Evans Head(YEVD)
Track 014 deg to Ballina(YBNA) 17.3nm
Touch and Go at Ballina(YBNA) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Ballina(YBNA)
Track 003 deg to Byron Bay(BBAY) 11.4nm
Track 302 deg to Tyagarah(YTYH) 4.8nm
Track 355 deg to Hastings Pt(HASS) 14.3nm
Track 345 deg to Kingscliff(KCFF) 6.5nm
Track 314 deg to Gold Coast(YBCG) 6.2nm
Touch and Go at Gold Coast(YBCG)
Track 319 deg to Burleigh Head(BLGH) 5nm
Track 332 deg to Q1 Tower(Q1) 5.3nm
Track 317 deg to Southport(YSPT) 6nm
Touch and Go at Southport(YSPT)
Track 314 deg to Target(TAR) 23nm
Track 281 deg to Archerfield(YBAF) 6.8nm
Full Stop Landing at Archerfield(YBAF).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Coffs Harbour(YCFS)
Elev: 18’
RW 03/21 Oil Treated
RW 10/28 Oil Treated
Stewarts(YSEW)
Elev: 89’
RW 14/32 Grass
Grafton(YGFN)
Elev: 110’
RW 18/36 Bituminous
Palmers Is(YPLI)
Elev: 6’
RW 09/27 Grass
Evans Head(YVD)
Elev: 20’
RW 18/36 Bituminous
RW 09/27 Bituminous
RW 13/31 Bituminous
RW 06/24 Grass
Ballina(YBNA)
Elev: 7’
RW 06/24 Asphalt
Tyagarah(YTYH)
Elev: 10’
RW 05/23 Grass
Gold Coast(YBCG)
Elev: 21’
RW 14/32 Asphalt
RW 17/35 Asphalt
Southport(YSPT)
Elev: 5’
RW 01/19 Asphalt
Archerfield(YBAF)
Elev: 65’
RW 10L/28R Asphalt
RW 10R/28L Asphalt
RW 04L/22R Asphalt
RW 04R/22L Asphalt
For airport comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: GA aircraft of you choice. Would suit C172.
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: Aussie Group Flights Team - On-line Flying
Note: this link is only valid for 7 days from posting.
Weather/Time: We will set the time to 8am. This will allow us to fly in daylight and choose REAL weather so that the winds are correct.
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 move the time slide bar to show 8:00am.
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.
We can start departing from 09:00z. 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: VFR Coffs Harbour (YCFS) to Archerfield (YBAF).lnmpln (3.9 KB)
MSFS: VFR Coffs Harbour (YCFS) to Archerfield (YBAF).pln (5.7 KB)
Charts for the event …
Charts removed for copywrite reasons.
Print this flight card out for your easy reference during the flight (Note: only available up to the date of the flight): Dropbox - Flight Card_GAC.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder …
Discord link expired, I guess I am to late? Although a day early for event? The Forum Calander hasn’t even been working for a week or more which I reported on Oct 28th.
Not the end of the world, but loooks like a great event.
Tks
…tks much, see you there
Sorry to miss this one. Looks like a huge turnout!
We missed yer mate.
I really look forward to this regular Friday night Great Aussie Crawl, all the way to July 2023. Thanks!
