What If the Sim Quits During a Test?

[Caesar]

I'm sure this question has been asked before but going through a few pages of search results I couldn't find an answer.

I'm going to do the I-05 test when I have a sufficient block of uninterrupted free time. Last night I thought I'd do a trial run offline (PilotEdge was not running). My sim (P3D 3.1) quit about 1/3 of the way into the flight with a "stopped working unexpectedly" message. That's the first time I've had P3D quit unexpectedly during a flight, so it was somewhat disturbing. (I did upgrade the P3D client to 3.2 last night after that happened... will try another run tonight and keep my fingers crossed that it's more stable.)

My question is, if that happened during the actual test, am I then done and required to start over? P3D will let me pick the exact location/altitude/airspeed I want to start at, would it be acceptable to restart the sim and set my starting position about where it quit (or at the last fix I had crossed) and continue on from there? Or could I do something like take off from Burbank and ask the controller for direct to the last fix I crossed without having to fly the full departure?

Most of the tests are fairly short in duration but the I-05 is kind of a long one. I would hate for something like that to happen 45 minutes into the flight and be stuck having to do it over again for something that wasn't my fault.

EDIT: I was able to successfully fly the full KBUR->KLAS route last night with no problems, so hopefully whatever caused the error was fixed with the P3D upgrade. I would still like to know what PilotEdge's policy is on picking up where you left off on long flights.

[Keith Smith]

If you can restart in a timely fashion from about the same spot, it generally won't be an issue. You'll get a new squawk code assignment from the controller and should be able to resume. A quick look at the online map might be a good idea, though, in case there was someone behind you with the same routing at the same altitude. In the unlikely event of that happening, I would pick a safe altitude from which to resume the flight based on that other traffic.