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FSX Sloped runway

Can someone suggest a small, picturesque airfield with a sloped runway that they'd like to see done in detail? I'd like to take a stab at this to see how TerraBuilder FSX copes with it (this is my software, sorry for the shameless plug :rotfl: ). The airfield would need to:

  • Be in the continental USA, so I can use free USGS imagery and be able to freely share it.
  • Have a sloping runway.
  • Hopefully be near a body of water.
  • Have a diverse topography on a small scale (ridges, hills or canals small enough to be missed by the default topography)
  • Hasn't yet been "done to death" :o

Suggestions are invited!

Misho
 
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Misho,
I would suggest: Lake Wohlford (8CL1) in Southern California :)

Tore,
your work is amazing

brgds
Nick
 
OK, maybe my mistake...new suggestion: Mariposa-Yosemite Airport(KMPI) again in California :)
 
Misho said:
hmmm I don't think that one is sloped...
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It very well could be. It's on quite a hill. I have never seen the airport in person, so I can't be positive, although I've seen a video of a landing there on youtube. If I can find it, I'll link to it.

Catalina would also be a nice choice. Lake Wohlford and Catalina have some interesting terrain around them.

EDIT: I found a video of both airports...looks like the runway is pretty flat at both, sadly. Although have a look for yourself.

Lake Wohlford: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vap5dvzZdo4
Catalina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IlC3V9AwgE

Perhaps Fallbrook Community Airpark (L18) would be good? I've been there in real life and it does have a bit of slope. Even the taxiways that run perpendicular onto the runway are sloped. (they slope up to the runway...the main taxiways themselves are below the runway quite a bit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7IGrAg-HW4 (not my video, but you can see the runway here)
 
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Why does it have to be a real airport? Just make the airport and give it a sloped runway for your testing purposes. :)
You dont practice baking a cake with your good bake-ware, or practice driving a car in a $300,000 Ferrari.
 
Aren't we dealing with "As real as it gets"?? :D Making up the scenery is like designing a Never Never land... sure looks pretty but all serious pilots will shake their heads and stay clear off it. What's better than designing a real place and making it look as close to the reality as possible?

Misho
 
I was saying for your testing to see how Terra handles it make one up, not release a production version thats a fake. lol.
 
I already know I can land on a hilly terrain mesh. If I go and invest work into it, why not do it on a real airport that has been grossly misrepresented in FSX? :p

Misho
 
Misho said:
I already know I can land on a hilly terrain mesh. If I go and invest work into it, why not do it on a real airport that has been grossly misrepresented in FSX? :p

Misho
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Couldn't agree with you more on, any news on your efforts with Lynchburg - Falwell (W24)?
 
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