Soaring Moving to Condor?

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

Hey Guys,

With coronavirus clamping down on flying activities and keeping us home, it looks like many will only be able to get their flying fix in the virtual skies.

If you are looking for competition and racing, check out US Nightly Soaring at 9pm eastern every day and Monday Night Soaring at 7pm/10pm.

If your club is looking to do training online, basic or advanced, this is a good time to provide those resources.

I could help with making tasks, setting up servers and equipment, or otherwise advising how you could use the simulator. I can develop other kinds of tasks or training tools, depending on what individuals and clubs are looking for. I could also help a club and its instructors set up its own resources.

For clubs that are shutting down for the time being, this would be a good way to keep your students/members engaged and providing the needed distraction from all the world events.

Let me know how I could help. Feel free to contact me at danielsazhin at gmail.com.

All the best,
Daniel

[Matt Herron Jr.]

On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 11:58:48 AM UTC-7, Daniel Sazhin wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> With coronavirus clamping down on flying activities and keeping us home, it looks like many will only be able to get their flying fix in the virtual skies.
>
> If you are looking for competition and racing, check out US Nightly Soaring at 9pm eastern every day and Monday Night Soaring at 7pm/10pm.
>
> If your club is looking to do training online, basic or advanced, this is a good time to provide those resources.
>
> I could help with making tasks, setting up servers and equipment, or otherwise advising how you could use the simulator. I can develop other kinds of tasks or training tools, depending on what individuals and clubs are looking for. I could also help a club and its instructors set up its own resources.
>
> For clubs that are shutting down for the time being, this would be a good way to keep your students/members engaged and providing the needed distraction from all the world events.
>
> Let me know how I could help. Feel free to contact me at danielsazhin at gmail.com.
>
> All the best,
> Daniel

Thanks Daniel!

With everyone having a little more time on their hands, can someone put together a condor 2 scenery for the Reno area including Truckee, Airmailing, Minden and surrounds? The sierras Scenery is great, but it doesn't go far enough north. I would donate to that effort!

Matt

[Paul Agnew]

TeamXC.us

We have a growing cadre getting together online every Monday and Friday night thanks to the efforts of Bret Hess from the Utah Soaring Association. We use Discord so we can chat with ease and coach each other along. It's a very friendly and helpful group, and I highly recommend it as a good place to get some low-pressure sim soaring in so you can keep your head in the game during the downtime.

I loved the US Nightly Soaring races I flew months ago, but I could never find anyone on the listed Teamspeak servers. I found it challenging, but rather solitary once the regulars took off on the task.

Paul A.
Jupiter, FL

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

I was PMed to add the links to the competitions!

Here is the URL for US Nightly Soaring: http://www.condor-club.eu/comp/show/0/?id=361

Here is the URL for Monday Night Soaring: http://www.condor-club.eu/comp/show/0/?org=true&id=371

All the best,
Daniel

[[email protected]]

On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 11:58:48 AM UTC-7, Daniel Sazhin wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> With coronavirus clamping down on flying activities and keeping us home, it looks like many will only be able to get their flying fix in the virtual skies.
>
> If you are looking for competition and racing, check out US Nightly Soaring at 9pm eastern every day and Monday Night Soaring at 7pm/10pm.
>
> If your club is looking to do training online, basic or advanced, this is a good time to provide those resources.
>
> I could help with making tasks, setting up servers and equipment, or otherwise advising how you could use the simulator. I can develop other kinds of tasks or training tools, depending on what individuals and clubs are looking for. I could also help a club and its instructors set up its own resources.
>
> For clubs that are shutting down for the time being, this would be a good way to keep your students/members engaged and providing the needed distraction from all the world events.
>
> Let me know how I could help. Feel free to contact me at danielsazhin at gmail.com.
>
> All the best,
> Daniel

I'd get Condor, if it ran on my Mac (and no, I'm not going to run any Microsoft software on my Mac, even with emulation).

[son_of_flubber]

On Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 10:57:10 AM UTC+13, wrote:

> I'd get Condor, if it ran on my Mac (and no, I'm not going to run any Microsoft software on my Mac, even with emulation).

You can run Condor 1 on most old used cheap/free PCs

[[email protected]]

On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 3:28:53 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
> On Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 10:57:10 AM UTC+13, wrote:
>
> > I'd get Condor, if it ran on my Mac (and no, I'm not going to run any Microsoft software on my Mac, even with emulation).
>
> You can run Condor 1 on most old used cheap/free PCs

Thanks, but no.

[Turkey Vulture]

Daniel,
As always, thanks for pushing the cart with USNS. It's an awesome opportunity to fly with some very good pilots. It's really how I learned to fly XC. I know it takes a lot of work and time to make that competition happen, so thank you.

With that said, would you please post a tutorial for everyone on this list to understand how to actually register AND login to a race. Most people I have tried to get involved with USNS fail at this part and give up.
BECAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED! There are no good instructions.
Condor Club is a mess of a website and one has to pay to download sceneries (with any expediency).
Is there a better way?

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

I'll be happy to do that tomorrow on my blog. I'll update RAS then.

All the best,
Daniel

[zach yama]

Here is a link to my google drive folder containing Sierra Nevada, New Zealand, and Transandino landscapes (the latter 2 are still uploading and should be done there around noon pst.)

Let me know if you have any problems downloading.

Zach

[zach yama]

Here is a link to my google drive folder containing Sierra Nevada, New Zealand, and Transandino landscapes (the latter 2 are still uploading and should be done there around noon pst.)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OIqVypZzhfhc7U9ntXTlFHI81Vj1YYMD

Let me know if you have any problems downloading.

Zach

[Paul Agnew]

We had 14 online together flying the Blue Ridge range last night. Piet Barber was sharing hi extensive knowledge of the area as we flew and we all had a blast.

TeamXC.us Mondays and Fridays

I'll be entering the USNS races other nights and hope to see more of you online.

Paul A.

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

Hey Guys,

I have updated my blog with details and instructions for how to use Condor to log on to the competitions I listed before and some other relevant information.

https://soaringeconomist.com/2020/03/22/condor-the-corona-cure-for-boredom/

All the best,
Daniel

[Patrick Grady]

Daniel, thank you for setting this up, as well as keeping this one in Slovenia! I'm just getting started with Condor, (as I imagine many people are right now) and don't have all the maps downloaded. If you wouldn't mind, for the upcoming days, could you keep the tasks in Slovenia, or publish what landscape they'll be in a few hours in advance so I have time to get the maps? Thanks!

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

On Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 8:27:33 PM UTC-4, Patrick Grady wrote:
> Daniel, thank you for setting this up, as well as keeping this one in Slovenia! I'm just getting started with Condor, (as I imagine many people are right now) and don't have all the maps downloaded. If you wouldn't mind, for the upcoming days, could you keep the tasks in Slovenia, or publish what landscape they'll be in a few hours in advance so I have time to get the maps? Thanks!

Hey Patrick,

We will use Slovenia in the several upcoming tasks on US Nightly Soaring.

All the best,
Daniel

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 9:58:35 AM UTC-4, Daniel Sazhin wrote:
> On Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 8:27:33 PM UTC-4, Patrick Grady wrote:
> > Daniel, thank you for setting this up, as well as keeping this one in Slovenia! I'm just getting started with Condor, (as I imagine many people are right now) and don't have all the maps downloaded. If you wouldn't mind, for the upcoming days, could you keep the tasks in Slovenia, or publish what landscape they'll be in a few hours in advance so I have time to get the maps? Thanks!
>
> Hey Patrick,
>
> We will use Slovenia in the several upcoming tasks on US Nightly Soaring.
>
> All the best,
> Daniel

Hey Guys,

I have set up a Condor night for my club at 7pm Eastern time. The server will be "Aero Club Albatross".

It is low key. Folks are welcome to fly around, fly the ridge, and socialize.

We will be using the Wurtsboro 0.3 scenery and fly from Blairstown airport. Everyone is welcome to join us.

All the best,
Daniel

[SoaringXCellence]

Daniel,

Do you have a teamspeak server for your club?

Mike

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 10:59:27 AM UTC-4, SoaringXCellence wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> Do you have a teamspeak server for your club?
>
> Mike

Hey Mike,

We will use ts3.virtualsoaring.eu:9982 password: ask13

All the best,
Daniel

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

Hey Guys,

Tasks uploaded for a week in advance. Next several tasks are in Slovenia. Then we will do Centro Italia and Norte Espana (Sat and Sun).

Keep an eye on Condor-Club to see the tasks.

All the best,
Daniel

[[email protected]]

On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 12:18:18 PM UTC-6, Daniel Sazhin wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Tasks uploaded for a week in advance. Next several tasks are in Slovenia. Then we will do Centro Italia and Norte Espana (Sat and Sun).
>
> Keep an eye on Condor-Club to see the tasks.
>
> All the best,
> Daniel

Hey Daniel,

I caved and purchased Condor 2 after TSA has closed down until further notice. Looking forward to doing some racing.

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

Hey Guys,

We had 22 pilots on US Nightly Soaring (9pm) this night! Come and join the fun tomorrow.

All the best,
Daniel

[[email protected]]

That was a fun and fast Final glide to the finish with you tonight. Wasn’t sure you were going to pull it off for a second, you were so low.. First time I’ve seen that many pilots since I started racing this fall. Total blast!

[Dan Marotta]

How long until we see Condor hardware appearing on Wings and Wheels?Â*
Gotta upgrade your hardware to win at high level contests... :-D

On 3/24/2020 10:04 PM, wrote:
> That was a fun and fast Final glide to the finish with you tonight. Wasn’t sure you were going to pull it off for a second, you were so low. First time I’ve seen that many pilots since I started racing this fall. Total blast!

--
Dan, 5J

[Paul Agnew]

Paul Remde already has a great selection of hardware for Condor2 on Cumulus Soaring.

I'm using an Oculus Rift S and VR is a game changer with the sim.

Paul A.

[Daniel Sazhin[_2_]]

All you need is a joystick, reasonably recent off the shelf PC and a stable internet connection.

There's a lot of other things to add to the experience, but it doesn't make you go any faster.

It's one of the nice things about Condor, you can't spend your to victory. Some of the downloadable planepacks are handy, but who's complaining when you can fly an EB29 for $15?

50 to 1 at 100 knots is unreal!

All the best,
Daniel

[Stephen Szikora]

I’ve learned that at high speed (but still comfortably below redline) it is easy to rip the wings off it. Also found out it is very hard to take off loaded with water in a crosswind with those long wings.