Hey IFC!
I’m thinking of an event. The goal: save as many fuel as possible.
Yes, saving fuel in a sim! Why? Well, why not!
How should this event look?
I’m thinking of a simple short haul route for the first run. Like EDDB to EGPH.
Let’s do it as a research flight for Boeing.
Everyone takes the same plane: 737-Max with Boeing livery. For maximum efficiency it needs two IFATC to let these planes start and land with priority, the best would be all from the same runway. Every other plane should be starting from the other runway, so participants have an own dedicated runway. OR if possible the airports are at this time only open for participants. Don’t know if this is possible. Other planes or liveries are not accepted at EDDB and other planes like the participants at EGPH must divert to another airport.
Everyone starts with the same amount of fuel (e.g. 100%) , no pax, no freight.
Important thing: due to taxi differences, every participant needs to hold short at the runway, ask for clearance and in the moment the clearance is given set the parking break and again set fuel to 100%.
That’s the point the contest begins. How you take off, what fpm you climb, what FL and speed you choose, how you descend and land is all up to you! But all have to follow the same waypoints of the flight plan. The contest ends with the moment you cross the hold short line when exiting the runway. Write down your fuel that’s left at this point AND your flight time for the PIREPs. To make it somehow possible to filter for ATC, everyone should get a unique Callsign, that should be written down in the comments section of your PIREP.
What about the weather?
That’s the only thing we can’t affect. But we cannot change this. Because the event needs to happen on expert server. Why? Because my goal is, that some VAs may take part of this event! Every participant should earn a special multiplier for flight hours. And the winner should get a very special multiplier e.g. 20x and a special badge in the official IF-Discord-channel, like a green IF Logo until the next event takes place like every three months or so.
Therefore participants talk to their VA and announce their special Callsign for this event, so they can count the flight hours, even if it’s not the regular VA callsign.
And it must be expert server so participants really can show off there best skills for taking off, climb, cruise, descent and land.
The event should run for 24 hours.
At first place, I wanna know, how do you think about such an event. Is it cool? Is it nonsense? Is it even impossible due to anything I’m not thinking of? I especially wanna read some statements from official IF Staff. 😊
Tell me your opinions.
Greetings from Germany ✌️