Texas Props (MultiSim Test of Endurance) Sea to Shining Sea Challenge Group A
Jan 1st, 02:00 AM – Arrival (or CRASH trying)(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) 8:00 UTC Please note that this event may run for 12 hours (but hopefully less than that).
Voice Communications: TexasPropsCrews Discord Server Europe Chat area
Server : North Europe Server
Settings : All Players, No Traffic, LAX 9:00 am local start, LIVE WEATHER
Plane: Beechcraft Bonanza, Mooney M20, or Piper Comanche (NO aircraft modifications or substitutions are expected, for this test of pilot and plane endurance, and for sure, NO USE OF THE PFUNNY KEYS (you know who you are!). We will be travelling approx. 2174 NM, only stopping for 10 minute fuel stops (or CRASHES).
Departure Airport : Los Angeles (KLAX) airport, California.
Duration: Will be less than 12 hours in these planes
So you think you’re tough, you think you have what it takes, and enough munchies in your cockpit (and coffee or soda, to keep you running).
This a 3 group competition challenge. And the times will be based on your SLOWEST guy’s wheels down arrival time in New York.
Group A – 9am to 9pm (or earlier touch down) Rotterdam Time. 8:00 UTC New Year’s Day
Group B - 9am to 9pm (or earlier touch down) Dallas, Texas, Time. 15:00 UTC New Year’s Day
Group C - 9am to 9pm (or earlier touch down) Palmerston, Australia, Time 00:00 UTC New Year’s Day
How you NAVIGATE is totally up to YOU. Today we travel from KLAX, Los Angeles, California, and fly Non Stop to New York (KJFK) airport. Make it as REAL as you WANT it to be! I will be doing just that, and will fly through ALL weather, light and darkness, on this trip. Fog? Too bad! Hope you understand ILS! Thunderstorms? Scary, huh? ICE? Uh oh, but we keep going. And LIVE WEATHER is ALWAYS expected. Will there be difficult landings? You know there will. And notice there are a few things missing. No Jet or turboprop engines (sorry AIRBUS fliers, no AUTOLAND either). What, you can’t fly without Navigraph? Too BAD! And the plan is to run with FULL REALISM. You crash? We want to see it (and laugh).
And here comes some wise words of wisdom, turn REAL TRAFFIC OFF! And probably plan on reboots, while we have fuel stops, and there won’t be many of those either. They are like five hours apart. This is a BIG test of MS Servers and your hardware. VRAM can be a silent killer on this trip. CTD? Well, cry a few tears, restart, and rejoin up with someone on the trek. Your PC plane may not complete it without fails, but we hope you WILL! This challenge gives some incredible bragging rights for finishing it. Yes, I have made the run three times, and did have CTDs on two of the three runs. Right now, you have no idea how exhilarating it feels, as you see that runway in New Yor. And the relief, too.