NZFF

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

COOL...

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

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...

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...

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 !

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.

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