mutley 4,498 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 The Rally Co-ordination Team are pleased to announce the MEBAR will be returning for it's sixth event! For those not in the know, the Mutley's Easter Bunny Air Rally is an event in which individuals participate against their own flying ability by navigating over a series of flight legs on which they are aiming to fly as close as possible to an individually calculated "target time". Flight legs can involve either and / or a combination of VOR, NDB and "dead reckoning" navigating under visual flight rule (VFR) and / or instrument flight rule (IFR) conditions with variable departure times and weather conditions. The Rally will take place between the 25th of March and the 8th of April, 2016. Pilot registrations will be open from the 9th March until 24th of March. If you would like to pre-register to ensure you get an invitation then visit the official rally site here http://mebar.mutleyshangar.com/ to register your interest. Regards, The Rally Co-ordination Team 1 Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Woohoo! I be registered my interest. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Thanks Brian, you are on the invite list. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Will try my out most to make it to the finish line this time boss! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Good man, you are on the list too Link to post Share on other sites
Jess-b 420 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 What Mickie said! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Good man, you are on the list too Good, I was a bit concerned that I had found another bug.. when I signed up using the browser in the Facebook app for the iPhone I only got to an empty page with no confirmation that my registration had been sent! Link to post Share on other sites
Auger 22 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Pre-registered! Last year was a blast. Need to find another sweet ride. Hmmmm Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks Pete, you'll get an invite Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 I cant wait for this - last year was great! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Now I just need to remember how I install that timer again, and decide on a plane Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Now I just need to remember how I install that timer again, and decide on a plane The timer is best installed as a simple 2D pop-up entry in the panel.cfg file. You just have to remember to have it displayed when you begin your take-off roll for the timer to start. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Now I just need to remember how I install that timer again, and decide on a plane The timer is best installed as a simple 2D pop-up entry in the panel.cfg file. You just have to remember to have it displayed when you begin your take-off roll for the timer to start. Cheers Andrew That much I remember, it's the how to that stumps me every year Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Now I just need to remember how I install that timer again, and decide on a plane The timer is best installed as a simple 2D pop-up entry in the panel.cfg file. You just have to remember to have it displayed when you begin your take-off roll for the timer to start. Cheers Andrew That much I remember, it's the how to that stumps me every year In which case, I'll just send you a generic sample of the line entries required for the panel.cfg file. Link to post Share on other sites
Dean33 29 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Andrew Any chance you could make that public? - sounds useful. Cheers Dean Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Andrew Any chance you could make that public? - sounds useful. Cheers Dean Dean, Other than the timer being a near essential for the MEBAR, I will post the necessary panel.cfg entries. Bear in mind these will be generic and will require some user adjustment based on the chosen aircraft. Give me a few days and I will create a specific instruction thread for installing the timer. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 This sounded interesting last year. I've done something similar...well...as passenger, on a yacht attempting to navigate the delta via channel marks and stopwatch basically...sent my Prereg notice of interest in and look forward to hearing more. Link to post Share on other sites
serolrom 5 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Great it's that time of the year now. This will be my second year, and about time to start deciding on a plane. I have been a bit out of FSX/X-Plane since last MEBAR, but there's still plenty of time to get myself set up. Do you guys already know what you'll be riding? Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I will be flying a Piper Aztec PA23 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'll be waiting to see what is common...speed wise....or does that matter? Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 If you want to take in the scenery then you would fly something slower, if you want to complete the legs faster than fly something with some get up and go. Either way to score well in the rally time your flights so that you complete the legs based on the same cruise settings used in the test flight while adjusting for conditions in each flight situation file. I like to fly something I am fairly comfortable with and that has two VOR's, NDB and DME along with a chronometer to time between waypoints. Think old school navigation even when flying a newer aircraft with all the bells and whistles. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 @All the MEBAR forums are now open. http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/forum/133-mebar-2016/ Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I'll be waiting to see what is common...speed wise....or does that matter? A small hint.....weather might be a bigger factor in your consideration. Link to post Share on other sites
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