Welcome to the third annual OSHKOSH landing challenge event organized and hosted by ForderLearnToFly (Twitch ).
Dates:
Practice session live on stream: Thursday, July 6th, 5pm Eastern (2100z)
You can also practice anytime you wish in your simulator. Our live stream session will have live ATC.
Competition Date: 2023-07-08T16:00:00Z (1600z)
Purpose:
To test your landing skills and compete against other flight simulator flyers. Also to have FUN!
You follow the famous FISK approach, rock your wings, and land on your designated colored DOT.
Although the KOSH real fly-in event uses these runway dots to allow more than one airplane to land on the runway simultaneously, we are using them for our precision landing competition.
Add-On Scenery & Aircraft:
We use the flightsim.to OSHKOSH scenery add on (free) here:KOSH - Wittman Regional Airport (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) » Microsoft Flight Simulator
You can use any fixed wing aircraft that doesn’t hover and minimum speed is 90 knots cruise.
Sign Me Up!
Here is the registration form: we need flying participants, ATC personnel and runway spotters. Each of these roles requires you to have any version of Microsoft’s newest Flight Simulator on PC or Xbox.
Click here to register:Oshkosh Participants & Controllers July 8th, 2023
Rules: NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions)
There is a participant NOTAM document you will receive after you sign-up. All the details are there. There are special instructions for Xbox users as they cannot install the special scenery, nor use Flight Events.
The basic guidelines for participants:
- Fly to Green lake and follow the train tracks on the FISK approach outlined in the NOTAM. You will be at 1800 feet and 90 knots. Twins and higher performance planes can fly at 2300 feet and 135 knots.
- As you approach the town of FISK, you will be asked to rock your wings. No reply needed on the radio, but you will rock your wings as acknowledgement.
- As you approach the airport, a tower controller will also ask you to rock your wings and give you your designated colored DOT to land on. Approach the runway according to the NOTAM.
- Plan your touchdown with your two main wheels on the DOT.
- You taxi off the runway according to the NOTAM (runway 27 immediately right onto grass, runway 36 all the way to the end of the runway). You taxi to parking or back to 36 for departure according to NOTAM.
Marking:
- You get three attempts at each runway for a total of 6 landings.
- We throw away your worst landing from each runway to get your 2 best landings for each runway for a total of 4 landings.
- We also take into account if you have used the FISK approach according to NOTAM. (altitude and speed, rocking your wings).
- Each landing is marked out of 5. Both main wheels touch the DOT without bounce equals 5.
- If only one main wheel touches the DOT without bounce (off center) you get 3 points.
- You get one point for a bounce (any main wheel hits the DOT)
- You get 1 point for each successful FISK approach according to NOTAM. (total 6, throwaway 2).
A perfect score will result in a total of 24 points. In the event of a tie, we look at your two throwaway landings to break a tie.
Keep in mind you can get minus 1 point for taking off from KOSH airport from any runway other than 36 according to NOTAM. You have to taxi and depart according to NOTAM to get out and do the FISK approach again for each attempt.
Awards:
There will be an awards ceremony on the following Saturday, July 15th at noon.
There will be a first, second and third winner (gold, silver and bronze). Each will get a special certificate of their achievement.
There will be certificates for all participants.
There will be certificates for all staff (volunteers for ATC, Judges, helpers)
Use this forum to discuss your concerns or questions. Please be respectful. This is for fun and entertainment. Healthy competition is always a good thing.
Are you up for the challenge? See you then:
-Howard Forder
