Report : Turkey Day Unscheduled Practice Session at KRYN

An unscheduled practice session was held at the KRYN course at 12 midnight Thanksgiving Day.
We had a good turnout as several racers showed up to participate including myself, Baron, Sryth,
Griff, and Magsmatty. We had a couple of good heats. Baron was very fast setting a blistering pace.
We also worked on the starting formation procedures and think we have a pretty good method to
keep the racers close and tight at the start Some racers were having trouble so here is the method
we used last evening.

1. Make sure your " autopilot lock " box is checked. You will find this in
flights / multiplayer / settings.

2. Activate the Autopliot by bringing up your radio stack and selecting
autopilot or by pressing Z

3. You need to target the aircraft to follow, to do that hit ctrl / shift / t.
While holding ctrl / shift, tap the t key and it will cycle thru the available
aircraft for targeting, just stop when you have the aircraft selected that you
want to follow. You will see the pilots name in the upper right hand corner
of the flight sim window.

4. Hit ctrl / shift / f and you will immediatly be 200 yards off the tail of the
racer you have targeted. Holding all three keys down will keep you there. After
adjusting your speed to match the aircraft you're following, most times you can
release the keys and stay with your targeted racer. If you find yourself passing
your targeted racer or falling behind, then just hit ctrl / shift / f again to put you
back 200 yards behind your targeted racer once again.

Hope this helps.

Roscoe
VARO Board
Construction Support Officer