New Aircraft

Bulldog1653 said:
Hello all,

Very interesting topic to read here in the forum. There have been some interesting questions brought up regarding various World War II bombers as far as types and where they were used. Here is some clarification.

The B-17 was known as the Flying Fortress. One of the most famous B-17's was known as the "Memphis Belle" and had a movie made about it. Memphis Belle became famous when the crew managed to complete 25 missions for it's tour of duty in Europe. The B-17 was used primarily in Europe and a few were used in the Pacific. They were not used to hit targets in mainland Japan.

The B-24 was known as the Liberator and was used mainly in Europe and North Africa. It looks similar to the B-25 in many ways but it had four engines, not two like the B-25 has.
The B-24 was not as famous as the B-17 but it was used all over the world, similar to the B-17.

The B-25 was known as the Mitchell and was also used worldwide. This plane was used in the famous Doolittle Raid in 1942. That raid launched B-25's from the deck of the USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo and was a MAJOR morale boost to the country.
The B-25 was considered as a medium bomber because of it's bomb capacity. The air and ground crews loved this plane. They were easy to work on, fly, and modify for just about any kind of mission you can imagine.

The B-29 was known as the Superfortress and was used in the Pacific theater during World War II and later saw action in Korea. This plane is famous for being the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in anger. To be more specific, they dropped bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This bomber redifined the term Heavy Bomber until the MASSIVE B-36 and B-52 bombers came into service.

Hopefully this clears up any kind of confusion and answers some of your aircraft related questions. Oh, and just to keep with the theme of this forum, yes, trains were used to move aircraft parts, munitions, and manpower all across the country. The Big Boy was used extensively for this role during the War.
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wasent the doolittle raid the last part of the film pearl harbour?
just wondering cause thay launched some b25s off a carrier in it
 
I see Ian has found all the details, I looked and searched for ages to try and find this info. Im having a go at doing London Heathrow in 09 and so far it seems to coming together quite well. Ive found that the best turning size, that wont derail most aircraft on an X crossover, is a radius of 3 grid squares from the axis.
 
Hi Kieth,

The turning radius has to be quite large for the A380 and 747s. In modifying the runways after you reported the derailment, I had to use a diameter of 65 metres, as you say radius about three grid squares, 30 metre radius. You can see how the invisible track cuts in from the curved white line on the runway on the curves.

To get the pushback tractor to actually connect somewhere near the front wheel the limfront point has to be near that wheel. To stop the plane swinging away too much at the connection the invisible front bogey also has to be close to the front wheel. This make the planes unstable on curves, there is a critical relationship between the origin, the bogeys and the limpoints.

Originally when the bogeys were close together, it could navigate tighter curves, but then the nose swung too much. Naturally the larger aircraft will not navigate on to the short takeoff track, the radius is too sharp.

Nice to see Alberte may do some of the signs for you.

I have broken the airport terminal into modular parts, as mentioned above. I uploaded twelve modules yesterday, but Auran are having some problems, only two have been approved so far after 22 hours, it normally takes 2 hours, so you will have to be patient.

Hope5, I had done quite a few 747s, I need to finish some other models before I return to those again, all requests noted though.

Ian
 
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An Igloo hangar being worked on for the expanding Planez community.


will keep you's posted.:wave:

Cheers,

Bill.
 
Ian

I haven't a clue how to make 'driveable' things. Would you be willing to convert my scenery model of a Twin Otter into a driveable model?

The landing gear is fixed, so there would be no need to animate that. I'd be willing to provide my gmax files.

Please reply via PM as I don't currently have access to my normal e-mail.*

* [I'm in the process of moving house and my home internet is still not yet up, but when it is, I will be free to deal.]

~ Deane
 
Willem2 said:
An Igloo hangar being worked on for the expanding Planez community.
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will keep you's posted.:wave:

Cheers,

Bill.
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Hi Bill,

Wow!, the design of your hangar is very similar to the one at Tocumwal's WWII "McIntyre Field". Very nice indeed. :wave:
 
Bill,

Nice work, I hope you and Ian will get a chance to take a break soon.

To every one else, if you are try to duplicate a local airport look up

www.airport-worldwide.com

it gives you details like Latitude,Longitude,Elevation
Runway details length,width,surface type

Gordon
 
vulcan said:
taxiturnout2450.jpg
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When can we expect these on the DLS?
 
When the DLS is fixed I think,
Vulcan I have an idea, why not working with boat, again if he agrees to, to make an invisible buffer that will stop some trains but not others, using train priority. eg an Airbus A380 will stop at a terminal because of an invisible buffer as it's priority 1, while pushback tractors are priority 3, and so they won't stop,
Jamie
 
JJDella said:
Not the best strategy for Qantas' "We've never hade a fatal crash" but Vulcan, you've outdone yourself
As soon as you finish these take a long-earned break. Breathe some fresh air, It's good for you you know??
I'm not having any problems so now I say, Vulcan, you're a HERO (copyright limited), you're a bludy legend!
Dunno why I said this stuff as you haven't finished the project, maybe I'm practising a victory spech of something?

Jamie
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there's so many planes in the world at this time that i think vulcan is going to have to wait a while for his breath of fresh air :hehe:
 
vulcan said:
Hi Kieth,

The turning radius has to be quite large for the A380 and 747s. In modifying the runways after you reported the derailment, I had to use a diameter of 65 metres, as you say radius about three grid squares, 30 metre radius. You can see how the invisible track cuts in from the curved white line on the runway on the curves.

To get the pushback tractor to actually connect somewhere near the front wheel the limfront point has to be near that wheel. To stop the plane swinging away too much at the connection the invisible front bogey also has to be close to the front wheel. This make the planes unstable on curves, there is a critical relationship between the origin, the bogeys and the limpoints.

Originally when the bogeys were close together, it could navigate tighter curves, but then the nose swung too much. Naturally the larger aircraft will not navigate on to the short takeoff track, the radius is too sharp.

Nice to see Alberte may do some of the signs for you.

I have broken the airport terminal into modular parts, as mentioned above. I uploaded twelve modules yesterday, but Auran are having some problems, only two have been approved so far after 22 hours, it normally takes 2 hours, so you will have to be patient.

Hope5, I had done quite a few 747s, I need to finish some other models before I return to those again, all requests noted though.

Ian
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its good to know someon liserns to my requests :hehe:
while its on my mind do you have any more of the classy aircraft like the dc10 and 737 being made anywhere in the works cause the 737s seem to be on every airport iv seen:hehe:
 
hope5 said:
its good to know someon liserns to my requests :hehe:
while its on my mind do you have any more of the classy aircraft like the dc10 and 737 being made anywhere in the works cause the 737s seem to be on every airport iv seen:hehe:
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I did recall him saying that he's got something coming down the line(eg. sharpen your reskinning pencil :hehe: ). I'm hoping for a 737, 757, 767, or a 777. I need(this actually meants want) some domestic and smaller international aircraft! :D
 










Which do you guys prefer this version or the old? Please let me know. (still more ground detail to add)

Gordon
 
Hello Gordon, you've been busy, coming along nicely, I like the second arrangement. Does AirFrance fly to New Zealand? :p

A question, you are using a pedestrian bridge to connect the main terminal buildings to the terminal hub, I assume it is not the one I released as a spline because it does not have any pier supports ( a somewhat engineering deficiency), which mine has. :)

I have been taking a break helping a friend update some of his problem models, the next airport release should be the taxiway module upgrades so they all snap together, a few days perhaps.

I had been working on a hangar for small aircraft, auto opening doors as requested, attached track for one large or two small aircraft, lighting etc, will finish that a bit later.

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Isaac, there will be some more commercial aircraft soon. :wave:

Jamie, not sure why you wanted an invisible buffer for AI I assume you want to make sure aircraft do not run into the buildings etc, and depending on length the stopping point may need to be in different places, hence the priority issue? Interesting idea.

Ian
 
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