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EHM-1001 Robert:
Hi folks,

it is a question to qualified FS modellers.

Is it possible to create a landable runway above the ground, for example on top of a 3D object? For example I saw somewhere an add-on scenery, a helipad on top of the WTC towers. Is it possible to make with a long runway as well?

Why asking? I have a big dream... ;D

It is a big dream in real life, which perhaps became reality, and also it is a big dream in FS. The project name is FREEDOMSHIP...

In the USA, some millionairs formed a group, and laid down the plans of a slowly moving luxury city on the sea. The ship would transfer about 40000 passengers, some of them would really live on the ship. There are hundreds of apartments for sold. It would be also a luxury liner, like "Carnival Destiny" or "Queen Mary 2", just to mention maybe the most famous ones. It would be a big city and also a fine tourist place. The ship would steam around the world every 2 years and stopped at famous coasts and metropolises. The ship is about 1 mile long and on the top there is a fully operational airport with double runways. It is equipped even with elevators for airplanes like the old WW1 aircraft carriers.

My dream is to make this ship as a static or dynamic object. I wanted to learn GMAX to create this add-on scenery, but it seems too complicated for me. The question is up for you, or for your friends. If somebody could make this scenery, I would support it with plans, infos and textures.

Just imagine some EuroHoliday or EuroBusiness flights to the Freedomship... Landing on top of the water ! And it is not Kansai Airport, but a real ship !

EHM-1358 Tim:
:o Did you draw that? Very nice. Anyway, Yeah I think it would be possible to do that, even tough that might sink ;). It would just be like an aircraft carrier. I would have a try once I got the hang of gmax (thats when I finally get the darn code).

EHM-1001 Robert:
I red at a crack site, that you can easily register your GMAX. It is a free program, so I do not know the developers why not published the solution. The main thing is tu run a REGISTRY key and then you can use your "ABSOLUTELY FREE" software. They say it is not a real crack, just a patch on a developer mistake.

Good luck.

And I did not draw that, it was up on the net, also there was a short movie about Freedomship in the "Extreme Engineering" or "Engineering the impossible" series on Discovery Channel.

EHM-0001 Gergely:
I remember some giant UFOs as FS add-ons based on the film Independence Day and there were several runways on top of them and inside them (you could fly inside them through a hole), so I guess it's possible.

EHM-0933 Richard:
Very nice! Looks top heavy though :P Sorry, don't have a clue how to make it.

Cheers
Rich
;D

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