Flying Challenge coming soon....

[GarryJSmith]

Hi Good Simmers,

Still tinkering furiously for the Ford Tri-Motor Project - currently working on the last of the Vega repaints - 5 more released the other day and 3 still in the pipeline - Plus 6 more Flamingo liveries to be created.

But the exciting thing is some new FORD Scenery for Switzerland. - something really very different.

I am always experimenting with ideas on how to make an airfield interesting for the simmers out there, and the other night, very late/early morning actually, I got an idea - something totally out of left field. How about a "Bunkered" airfield - not some skimpy little bunkers for the aircraft but an airfield within a big mountain.

Very easily thought of but putting it all together was a very interesting perturbation and a real exercise for my novice sim 3D model making experience. But after some very arduous "tinkering" it is now all coming together well.

Some pictures for you - click to enlarge.



The landing tunnel to Runway 18 is about a thousand feet long and a real challenge to hold the aircraft steady all the way through it to achieve a successful landing.

Still some fine tuning and testing of this "unique" airfield but hopefully she will be ready for you to test your flying skills by the weekend.

Yes you can get a Ford Tri-Motor down the tunnel

Regards and happy simming

Garry J. Smith and Edward C. Moore - your hard working Ford Tri-Motor Team.

[edmoore235]

Garry,

Great but your mad as a HATTER!! It can be done but O boy is it tough! The detail within the mountain is fantastic, just like I thought the Swiss might do....... very intesting layout and wonderful details in the buildings and inner wall
construction....it looks real or how it would have to be done to hold up the mountain. Another WOW project Mate. Thanks.

Ed

[aeromed202]

On another thread I was reminded of some fun sceneries which included a hangar inside a mountain too. Can't wait to give this one a try. To me these are some of the things FS was made for, in a fictitious way of course. Might I go a little further and suggest a circular runway? One was built in I think Albuquerque in the 50's. it worked great except for access problems.
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[edmoore235]

Here are a few pictures: Enjoy the view from inside the mountain, btw: the runways are in the tunnels!!

[GarryJSmith]

Just to clear it up a little as this is a very unique airfield.

Runway 18/36 is in the first tunnel leading out from the "internal airfield" - To land on runway 18 you have to come through a slanted tunnel in the back of the mountain. Angle is very precise and room is tight for a Ford Tri-Motor.

The overall concept is to have the look and feel of an entire airfield installation inside of a massive cave within the mountain - with one easy runway across the face of the mountain and one hard runway through the mountain.

The hard runway can be used in either direction - you can even choose to take off and try to fly through the tunnel in the rear of the Cave or just straight out through the tunnel at the front. And of course you can challenge yourself by landing through the tunnel at the rear of the Cave.

If you have a closer look at the internal picture Ed posted you will get the gist of it all.

If you want to really challenge yourself - have crash detect turned ON - and try and get through the angled tunnel at the back of the Cave in a Ford Tri-Motor.


Should have this all ready for release by Friday night.

Yes I agree with you aeromed202 - though many simmers are deadly serious about simming I have always believed that there should be a fun side as well, not necessarily a "game" but at least to have some entertainment and challenge values scattered here and there to simply add an enjoyment value to the program.

Regards

[GarryJSmith]

Hi Good People,

The Switzerland scenery has been released and is now available on the Scenery Page of the Ford Tri-Motor web site.

http://www.ford-tri-motor.net

Feel free to pop on over to the site and grab this scenery for some fun and challenging flying.

Regards and happy simming.

Garry J. Smith and Edward C. Moore - your Ford Tri-Motor project team.