February 17, 201412 yr Decided to take my new repaint DA42 for a spin around my home lands. I know my setup and graphics are nothing on some peoples here, but it'll do for me. Pre flight checks at Stapleford (EGSG). Someone needs to tell them to get the grass cut ^_^ Taxi way is clear, lets taxi to 22L Passing Stapleford's great club house. V2 Positive rate, gear up 6000ft looking down through the clouds at our green country Special VFR transit over London Heathrow at 1500ft Some low flying over the Blackwater, yes this does happen a lot in real life! Just remember to turn your transponder off And back to Stapleford for what was sadly a crash (sped sim speed up rather than zoomed in :mad:)
February 17, 201412 yr Good looking series. Thanks Dan George (woodhick)Check out Greenbrier Aero Club, the VA for and about the GA pilot.
February 17, 201412 yr Great shot on final. I was about to ask what happened to the airspeed but then I guess you did some slewing. EDIT: Ah...read the caption. Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
February 18, 201412 yr Author Yes indeed! Orbx England, Stapleford and Rex overdrive. Aircraft is eaglesoft da42 in my own scheme. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
February 19, 201412 yr Nice shots. Where did you get the repaint? Is it your own work? I've not found any G- repaints available anywhere for the ES DA42. Nick
February 19, 201412 yr Author Nice shots. Where did you get the repaint? Is it your own work? I've not found any G- repaints available anywhere for the ES DA42. Yeah it's my work, pm me your email and I can send you the texture files if you like. It's not based on a real aircraft, I just made it up as I went Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
February 20, 201412 yr Cool, I assume the grassy area is usable for takeoff and landing on the other side of paved portion? 10700k / Gigabyte 3060
February 20, 201412 yr Author Yeah that's correct. Stapleford (EGSG) has two parallel runways, 22L/R and 04L/R. The normal runway in use is 22L as this favours wind direction in the UK and it also has a 600m asphalt insert. I can't think of a single time when I've flown in and out of there that I use the grasss extension but it's totally usable. There are also two King Air's based there, they get in and out using the grass/asphalt runway no problems. Total runway length is 1077m. There is also a fairly substantial slope on the real runway. 22 threshold is 115ft and 04 threshold is 185ft ASL, obviously FSX doesn't simulate this. 22R is there for reasons I don't really know, I've never used it, I don't know anyone who has. At the end of the runway is Lambourne VOR (LAM 115.6 MHz), used as one of the four holds going into Heathrow, plus some Stansted SID's too. I've been there and looked up and often seen 5 or 6 heavies circling above the airfield, it's great! Orbx's rendition is really accurate, great textures and everything is perfect and in the right place. Only thing to fault is to get on 22L, you've got to pick 22R on the runway selection!
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