[GLIDERS] Sim Soaring Club - Weekly Group Flights

just adding my +1 for recommending the Sim Soaring Club. It means adding Discord to the extensive list of apps you need to know, but if you haven’t already then SSC is a good reason to do so.

There’s consistently a good turn-out for the SSC-Saturday multi-player soaring flights, with plenty of humor in the voice chat.

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Here y’go, recorded by a group member on the SSC-Saturday task this weekend. We set a ‘task’ as a MSFS flightplan, and we all load the same weather so we’re flying the same air. It’s a friendly crowd:

B21

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200 km/h average. Wow. Never managed that IRL. Maybe it also says something about the MSFS weather, but just maybe :wink:
(But most likely about me as a pilot ;-))
Have fun.

You might find this mod useful for group flights, GitHub - clompsy/msfs_nameplates: Nameplates mods for MSFS 2020

Yeah I think it’s been true for a long time that we sim pilots tend to select gliding weather in the “awesome” category to guarantee a fun flight. We’re handicapped a bit with the rather poor thermal support in MSFS currently so most tasks are set in ridge lift, and MSFS (and all sims, I think) is very generous with ridge lift in mountainous areas where any ridge facing into wind will give lift regardless of what’s immediately upwind. It’ll probably settle down a bit as MSFS gets updated and the skills of the pilots improve but it’s already good fun in multiplayer.

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This is important for group, I think; Both official gliders should have stronger adverse yaw requiring use of rudder for turning

Sim Soaring Saturday - November 26th

Today our group is flying a thermal soaring task in Germany

Join us 17:45 GMT on https://discord.gg/xbzCgruzTt

Server: West Europe

Departure: EDLB - Borkenberge

Destination: EDLB - Borkenberge

Distance: 201 km

Length: 1.5 - 2h

Difficulty: Easy - Medium


//SSC Georg

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Sim Soaring Saturday - December 3, 5:45pm GMT

After a flat land task last week, we are returning to the mountains of South America for a scenic flight around Santiago de Chile.

Join us on https://discord.gg/xbzCgruzTt

Server: West Europe

Departure: SCVH

Destination: SCVH

Distance: 400 km

Length: 1.5 - 2 h

Difficulty: Medium

In-game date/time: December 3, 13:00 (local sim time)


//SSC Georg

Sim Soaring Saturday - December 10, 5:45pm GMT

Join our discord group on a scenic flight in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.

Server: West Europe
Departure: NZGM
Destination: NZGY
Distance: 400 km
Length: ∼2 h
Difficulty: Advanced


// SSC Georg

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I love these Flights! :wink:

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it’s great to see such vibrant activity here !

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Hello all!

Since we now post more than one weekly event in the Sim Soaring Club server, here’s this week’s TSC event. We welcome everyone!

Sim Soaring Saturday, January 14th

Join us on Sim Soaring Club for a group flight over beautiful Wyoming, USA.

Event Start: 2023-01-14T17:45:00Z
Server: West Europe
Distance: 320 km
Length: 1.5 - 2h
Difficulty: Medium - Advanced

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What a fab group, just joined Discord and look forward to getting involved!

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Sim Soaring Saturday, January 21st (17:45 UTC)

Today our group is flying from Chilecito, Argentina.
Join us on Sim Soaring Club


Joined and flying with this group few weeks on xbox now, this is the best msfs souring club with great flights and learned a ton from the events with all kinds of good info from the sim club pilots

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Sim Soaring Saturday, Feb 11 - 17:45 UTC

Today the SSC group is flying in the Pyrenees.

Join us on https://discord.gg/xbzCgruzTt
All details and files are shared on our discord.

Sim Soaring Saturday, March 18th - 17:45 UTC

Today we are flying in beautiful Switzerland!
Join us on Sim Soaring Club

Server: West Europe
Soaring Type: Ridge
Distance: 308 km
Duration: 90 to 105 minutes
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ - Experimented


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Sim Soaring Saturday, 25/03 17:45 UTC

Tonight our group is flying in the south of France.
Join us on Sim Soaring Club

Server: West Europe
Distance: 237 km
Length: ~1.3h
Difficulty: Medium


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