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Dec 21^st, 2011 at 6:16pm

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Now THIS is the only way to de-ice a runway!

LAVA!!!

So how'd I do? Cheesy

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Reply #1 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 6:29pm

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Looks great club. Shocked

How did you do it? Huh

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Reply #2 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 7:23pm

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Thanks!

As to how I did it:
My image editors. If ypu want the file pic used, here you go.
http://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1324571871.jpg

Here's how to put it in your sim:
1. Make a backup copy of your FSX's texture folder
2. Save the picture somewhere on your computer as a bitmap image.
3. In whichever one you're going to put in, go in and replace the images called "runway26" and "runway27" with the lava image. (This changes the ice and snow runways)
4. Open the new two images in DXTbmp and save them as Extended bitmap, 256 colors
5. Put the texture folder in your main FSX folder.
6. Go in your FSX and somewhere with a snow and/or ice runway like antarctica and have fun burning your landing gear to smithereens! Wink

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Reply #3 - Dec 21^st, 2011 at 11:22pm

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I think you might be a little less enthusiastic about your method after you find out that it melts the asphalt in addition to the ice! Grin

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Reply #4 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 7:41am

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RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2011 at 11:22pm:

I think you might be a little less enthusiastic about your method after you find out that it melts the asphalt in addition to the ice! Grin

Who said the runway was asphalt? I'm up delivering cruicial supplies up to Base Mariambo in Antarctica! It's only ice and snow up there! (with the addition of lava of course! Cheesy

) Plus, there's dirt underneath a few thousand feet of ice anyway.

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Reply #5 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 8:06am

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Er......kinda looks like somthing from World of Warcraft perhaps......interesting

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Reply #6 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 9:17am

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Club508 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 7:41am:

RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2011 at 11:22pm:

I think you might be a little less enthusiastic about your method after you find out that it melts the asphalt in addition to the ice! Grin

Who said the runway was asphalt? I'm up delivering cruicial supplies up to Base Mariambo in Antarctica! It's only ice and snow up there! (with the addition of lava of course! Cheesy

) Plus, there's dirt underneath a few thousand feet of ice anyway.

But why would you want to de-ice a runway made of ice? Huh

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Reply #7 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 10:33am

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todayshorse wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 8:06am:

Er......kinda looks like somthing from World of Warcraft perhaps......interesting

Thanks!

RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 9:17am:

Club508 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 7:41am:

RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2011 at 11:22pm:

I think you might be a little less enthusiastic about your method after you find out that it melts the asphalt in addition to the ice! Grin

Who said the runway was asphalt? I'm up delivering cruicial supplies up to Base Mariambo in Antarctica! It's only ice and snow up there! (with the addition of lava of course! Cheesy

) Plus, there's dirt underneath a few thousand feet of ice anyway.

But why would you want to de-ice a runway made of ice? Huh

Have you ever wondered what a over-loaded 747-400 with 70% fuel does when it lands on ice? It slips. A LOT. brakes are completely ineffective there. The only thing you have to slow you down is induced drag, speedbrakes, and reverse thrusters.
And it also breaks right through the ice. Wink

Water on the other hand, when created by the melting of the ica, will either deep-freeze and completely harden any cracks, plus, if there's any left on touchdown, will help slow it down by giving friction from the water.

There's a method to my madness. ALWAYS. Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 3:11pm

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Club508 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 10:33am:

todayshorse wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 8:06am:

Er......kinda looks like somthing from World of Warcraft perhaps......interesting

Thanks!

RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 9:17am:

Club508 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 7:41am:

RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2011 at 11:22pm:

I think you might be a little less enthusiastic about your method after you find out that it melts the asphalt in addition to the ice! Grin

Who said the runway was asphalt? I'm up delivering cruicial supplies up to Base Mariambo in Antarctica! It's only ice and snow up there! (with the addition of lava of course! Cheesy

) Plus, there's dirt underneath a few thousand feet of ice anyway.

But why would you want to de-ice a runway made of ice? Huh

Have you ever wondered what a over-loaded 747-400 with 70% fuel does when it lands on ice? It slips. A LOT. brakes are completely ineffective there. The only thing you have to slow you down is induced drag, speedbrakes, and reverse thrusters.
And it also breaks right through the ice. Wink

Water on the other hand, when created by the melting of the ica, will either deep-freeze and completely harden any cracks, plus, if there's any left on touchdown, will help slow it down by giving friction from the water.

There's a method to my madness. ALWAYS. Cheesy

You are landing a 747-400 on ice why??? Huh

Seems like more of a job for a LC-130 to me.
And why would you be landing with 70% fuel?

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Reply #9 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 4:27pm

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Well, fly her in the right setup on the right path from the right distance, that's what I got. And due to unpredicted icing, temperature and pressure changes, I didn't know how much I'd need, so I just filled the tanks. Plus you never know when an engine could fail.

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Reply #10 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 4:49pm

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Club508 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 4:27pm:

Well, fly her in the right setup on the right path from the right distance, that's what I got. And due to unpredicted icing, temperature and pressure changes, I didn't know how much I'd need, so I just filled the tanks. Plus you never know when an engine could fail.

Yes, I suppose better safe than sorry.

Where were you landing anyway?
Looks a little like McMurdo.

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Reply #11 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 6:33pm

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RaptorF22 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 4:49pm:

Club508 wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 4:27pm:

Well, fly her in the right setup on the right path from the right distance, that's what I got. And due to unpredicted icing, temperature and pressure changes, I didn't know how much I'd need, so I just filled the tanks. Plus you never know when an engine could fail.

Yes, I suppose better safe than sorry.

Where were you landing anyway?
Looks a little like McMurdo.

It was either Base Mariambo or McMurdo. It's the third one of whichever one has three with the same name.

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Reply #12 - Dec 23^rd, 2011 at 10:55pm

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A 747.

I think anyone else would have taken this.
Although if you were afraid of ditching in the ocean you could have taken this.

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Reply #13 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 11:39am

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andy190 wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2011 at 10:55pm:

A 747.

I think anyone else would have taken this.
Although if you were afraid of ditching in the ocean you could have taken this.

last time I checked, I had been flying crucial supplies for a private research company here, not the military. Grin

But those look cool! C130's? And where did you get them?

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Reply #14 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 2:37pm

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Yes first one is a LC-130 second is a CL-130. Their from the Captain Sim C130 All in one pack. It normally costs 89 euro but I got it for 10 euro in their sale.

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Reply #15 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 2:55pm

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andy190 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 2:37pm:

Yes first one is a LC-130 second is a CL-130. Their from the Captain Sim C130 All in one pack. It normally costs 89 euro but I got it for 10 euro in their sale.

Dang it. Payware. Sad

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Reply #16 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 2:57pm

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I can see all sorts of weird and scary creatures from Hades screaming in amongst that Lava!... Shocked

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Its like my nightmares after eating too much cheese for Supper.. Cry

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Paul.... Grin

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Reply #17 - Dec 24^th, 2011 at 3:24pm