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by **toprob** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:30 pm

I stumbled upon my first VLC hut, the Black Peak ski hut which is located in the Real NZ Wanaka area. Took me a while to actually land, I did need to 'wait' for better weather (actually dialed in down in the weather setup...) but finally managed it without loss of life. I did discover that you need to take care after landing, as you can easily get blown off the ridge.

by **Adrian Brausch** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:46 pm

cool shots Rob,..crazy blue sky !,...pastelly colours

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:13 pm

After all that get to a hut .. they don't come down and offer ya a sausage .. Shirley must have a Barbie cookin somewhere up this hill < that's mother and daughter

by **toprob** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:32 pm

Of course there isn't much to do in the summer -- here's a tour of the facilities in winter. Ok, tour's over...

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:44 pm

Still no sign off Barbie .. was that her chatting in the background ... obviously Mother took the chopper flight home .

by **toprob** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:30 pm

Speaking of winter, the Real NZ Wanaka update will include a 'switcher' to turn off the aerial image in winter if you like, and let Vector Land Class or NZSI show through, depending on your preferences.
Here's the hut in winter, VLC:

And NZSI -- of course there's no hut, as this is part of VLC.

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:41 pm

COOL...

by **Splitpin** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:46 pm

Cool indeed, great work Rob...and great flying

by **Naki** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:38 am

Whats the changes with the Wanaka update Robin?

Saw my first VLC hut too recently near the top of Ruapehu...couldn't land though as I was in a L-39...

by **toprob** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:03 am

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Mar 5 2012,10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Whats the changes with the Wanaka update Robin?

Saw my first VLC hut too recently near the top of Ruapehu...couldn't land though as I was in a L-39...

Nothing major, just a few tweaks.

Compatibility with NZSI;
A tweaked airport aerial to make it work when the Wanaka summer aerial is turned off;
(The airport aerial is still pretty ugly, this was made from some photos I took on a scenic flight long ago, not even thinking about photographing the airport, just took a couple of snaps of the area.)
Default windsocks replaced by VLC library windsocks;
Redid the tarmac markings etc just because it is a lot easier these days with Arno's Ground Poly Wizard;
Autogen redone completely (just plodding along);
An autogen texture for willows.

The autogen is the time-consuming bit, and some people wouldn't even notice the changes, but the original FSX release just reused FS2004 autogen, so it was definitely time to put this right.

Honestly, I don't believe that there's NO WAY to land a L-39 on Ruapehu...

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:07 am

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Mar 5 2012,10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...couldn't land though as I was in a L-39...

Whats the ole saying .. "You Snooze You Loose" ... this time you were just too bloody quik off the mark

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Mar 5 2012,11:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Honestly, I don't believe that there's NO WAY to land a L-39 on Ruapehu...

Just mush it out .. and poof safe huts on Ruapehuuu WOW did ya see that !

by **Naki** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:14 am

I have landed a Bird Dog float plane up there at a risk of melting the floats...the problem is I couldn't get out because the sides were too high.

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:22 am

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Mar 5 2012,11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...the problem is I couldn't get out because the sides were too high.

Brother landing in Norway mentioned had the same problem ..... Snow walls higher than .. well hi is high

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