VARO News Week of 040504

Well the season is almost here and things are starting to fall into place. I would like to thank the VARO staff in advance for there dedication to getting VARO off the ground and back in the air.

I am going to be releasing a scenery patch for KMHV prior to Saturday. This patch will have the gate pylons as well as a moved starting grid and hangars. Patches for the other courses will come out during the F1 racing week at each course. I will also add the patches to the main download so that it will be easy to get all of them if you need to.

VARO Racer Volume 1: Skin package addon
I am going to be gathering up all the skins that have been made for the VARO Racer. If you have a skin and want it to be included please send the .bmp file to Sryth(reply to this e-mail), be sure to include your name and the aircraft the skin is for since all skins originate for nearly the same templates. Do understand that if a pilot does submit a skin he will recieve credit for the skin but the skin may be released with other versions of the VARO Racer Volume 1 package without notice. Also pilots must be considered "Certified" pilots in order to use their skins while flying in VARO Races, the right to use skins must be earned, also probationary pilots should use the pre-painted VARO Aircraft help to point out the "Rookie" pilots to the veteran pilots. Finally numbers on aircraft must not be numbers already in use and they must be positioned on the aircraft so they may be seen from the control tower during a race(look at the current skins for reference). Numbers already in use start at 1 and go to 30 for the time being. If a pilot would like to use a number that is already taken they may but a letter by there number(b,c,d, etc).

VARO F1
I know I have been saying for weeks now that it is coming ok now it is. I will be releasing an updated VARO F1 with a modified flight model(no more engine stalling).

Big announcement
VARO Racer Volume 2 "Legends"
3 aircraft that changed the face of air racing as we know it today. These aircraft were innovative in the design and implementaion. These aircraft are a tribute to their teams and the pilots that were lost with them.
The aircraft

Red Barron
A counter-rotating prop mustang that was far more than a normal mustang

Tsunami
2/3rd the size of a regular mustang completely homebuilt for speed.

Pond Racer
Probably the most radical designs to race in an Unlimited Race. The real Pond Racer used Nissan Automotive engines but they never put out the horsepower need to push the all composite built racer to the gold.

As usual these aircraft will have top notch flight models and well as the VARO "Raibow of Colors" skins. As well as having VARO Racing visual models.

Final Notice to all pilots
If you are a member of VARO and have NOT completed Pylon School you will not be allowed to race in the season until you have done so. In addition if you are a member and have not either posted the the message board or be in an online session you will be removed from the roster at the begining of the Season. If anyone needs to go through Pylon School and get checked out please reply to this e-mail and let me know when a good time is to complete your pylon school. Pylon school can be completed in aprox 20-30 minutes depending on the Pilots skill.

Final thanks
Big thanks go out to Maple One he has been doing a great job hosting TeamSpeak and occasionally the Flight Session. He has also done a top notch job on the VARO Racer Volume One flight model. Another big thanks to the pilots that show up every practice session you guys will end up leading this thing in the end.