I must come out of my lengthy lurk on this list just to say that this sounds like a brilliant fun idea! I always thought it would be fun to try something like this. :-D
Unfortunately for me I have only just updated my distro (fresh install) and I've not yet recompiled/installed FG... but I'm definitely going to try and get it running in time for this.. - I have till 4pm tomorrow after all and that should be enough. ;) At least I'll try and be there as a spectator .. - if I'm not up to the flying standard that is.. ;-) Happy new year to those already in 2008! .. and for those soon to enter.. (I have 2 hours to go).. - Daniel Pekelharing On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 13:25 -0600, Curtis Olson wrote: > I am thinking it would be fun to schedule a multi-player fun fly > tomorrow (New Year's Day). > > Very generally, here is what I have in mind: First off, fun. Anyone > of all levels of ability is welcome to join. However the competition > will assume a basic understanding of avaition and a basic ability to > operate (start, taxi, take off, fly, land, park) the specified > aircraft. All the participants would show up at some particular place > with the specified aircraft in order to be allowed to compete. It > might be quite easy to cheat on some of the events, so participants > would be held to the honor system of no autopilot, no hopped up > aircraft config, no time acceleration, no pausing etc. Participants > would need to enable "real weather" so that everyone is dealing with > the same conditions. The actual competition tasks would not be > announced until after all event starts ... this way no one has a > chance to practice, and some of the tasks might be designed so that if > someone tries to get clever with their aircraft config it might work > to their disadvantage. I would be the CD (contest director) and would > annouce the next competition task and competition order via the MP > chat system. I would also be responsible for scoring and tallying up > the points. Each participant will have a turn to do their best to > complete the assigned task while the rest of the crowd gets to watch, > laugh, and cheer you on. If someone is struggling or taking too long > to complete a task, I would have the right to cut them off and let the > next person go. This is all for fun, so if someone blows one of the > tasks, just reset and get back in line for the next one. Wear a thick > skin since your flying performance will be enjoyed by others. :-) I'm > hoping to keep the entire competition to under an hour (or less if I'm > the only one that shows up.) If too many people show up, I might have > to cut if off at the first 6-10 so that we aren't all sitting around > for too much of the time. I'm envisioning maybe 3 tasks that we would > each take turns doing. An example task might be: within 60 seconds, > fly a very abreviated pattern and do a touch and go each time around > the pattern. The person with the most times around in 60 seconds > doing a successful touch and go each time wins that event. > > So with all that in mind, here's specifically what I propose: > > I being the contest director (CD) determine all the specifics: > > Title: FlightGear First New Year's Day Fun Fly (annual?) > > Date: January 1, 2008 > > Time: 14:00 GMT (10AM US Central time zone) > > Place: KHAF (Half Moon Bay) Runway 12. Congregate around the end of > runway 12, but leave the runway clear for participants. Participants > must remain in the queueing area around rwy 12 when not competing. > > Weather: Enable real weather (which is forecasted to be moderate at > KHAF tomorrow morning) > > Aircraft: stock unmodified dhc2W (the wheel version of the DeHaviland > Beaver) > > Who: Anyone who can operate the dhc2W through basic aviation tasks. > People can also show up as spectators only, this is for fun and we are > all trying it for the first time. > > Then what: we will determine the participants, the participant order, > and assign the "fun fly" tasks at the start of the contest. The point > is that we level the playing field by not letting anyone practice > specific events in advance ... and that also increases the potental > for humor I hope. > > Rules: no autopilot assist, no aircraft mods, enable real weather, no > time acceleration, no pausing, this is for fun so these things will be > enforced with the honor system (and we'll have a couple f16's circling > in case we think anyone may be cheating.) :-) > > Scoring: each task will be scored somehow depending on the task ... > that fastest, or the most, or the most accurate, etc. wins. I reserve > the right to award or subtract style points at my discretion. For > instance: if there was a spot landing task, and a participant managed > to inadvertently invert themselves several times on final approach and > still land on the pavement safely, that might be worth extra points. > Of if someone nailed a spot landing (as an example event) and then > went the length of the runway on one wheel cross controlled into a > cross wind just to show off, that might be worth extra points. > > Prizes: none are offered, but we'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow. If > there are especially note worthy performances, that might need to be > honored in some way. > > Protests: if someone hops onto the system with the b29, just moments > before you enter a critical maneuver and it screws you up ... too bad. > If your kid unplugs your computer in mid-flight ... too bad. If you > crash, get in the back of the line for the next event. :-) If you > take the contest part of the contest more seriously than the fun part, > then too bad. :-) > > As contest director, I do not plan on competing myself unless we need > more participants. > > So see you there ... tomorrow (Jan 1, 2008) at 1400 GMT (10am USA > Central) To all the New Zealanders out there, happy 2008 already! > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. 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