Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

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Fokker F.VIIb/3m Floatplane "Friendship"
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Fokker F.VIIb/3m Floatplane "Friendship"

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Fokker F.VIIb/3m Floatplane "Friendship" (1:1 Scale)

The team departed from Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland, in a Fokker F.VIIb/3m named "Friendship" on June 17, 1928, landing at Pwll near Burry Port, South Wales, exactly 20 hours and 40 minutes later. There is a commemorative blue plaque at the site. Since most of the flight was on instruments and Amelia Earhart had no training for this type of flying, she did not pilot the aircraft. When interviewed after landing, she said, "Stultz did all the flying—had to. I was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes." She added, "... maybe someday I'll try it alone."



It is the third and last plane in the Fokker F.VII series which has floats as undercarriage. It's quite similar to previous "Southern Cross" on the exterior. Interior is slightly changed. The important feature of this plane is that I used phantom force for floating on water to be able to create 1:1 scale floats. Because buoyancy in Stormworks is only 1/10 of real world buoyancy. I also used new light rotors instead of aircraft propeller to make water takeoff easier but they don't sound as good as aircraft propeller as a result.



FEATURES
- Realistic size floats using phantom force to float on water (vote for better buoyancy[mcro.org])
- Trimotor design for reliability, it can maintain level flight with only one engine
- Large wing with big fuel tanks for long range operations up to 2850 km
- Anchor with Magall (20m)
- Radio with separate receiver and transmitter frequencies
- Two pilot cockpit
- Thermostat for climate control without causing engine overheat
- Fuel remaining time and max range instruments
- Reverse mode on water
- Generator clutch for engine efficiency
- Altitude hold & Waypoint hold
- Rps-based throttle control
- Heater, reserve battery
- Various first person equipments and outfits
- A secret button panel hidden inside the plane.

PILOT'S MANUAL
1. Make sure anchor is UP (panel is in left service hatch)
2. Make sure Main Battery and Generator is ON
3. Fuel Pumps ON
4. Ignitions ON
5. Throttle Increase

SPECIFICATIONS
Crew : 2-4 Capacity : 8 Passengers Fuel capacity : 8780 L (1756 mass) Empty weight : 3002 mass Gross weight : 4794 mass Wing area* : 484.8 r.s.a Wing loading : 9.89 mass/r.s.a Length : 15.25 m Wingspan : 21.75 m Height : 5.25 m Powerplant : 3 small diesel engines Maximum speed : 259 KPH at 100% Throttle Cruise speed : 157 KPH at 60-50-60% (L-C-R) Throttle Range : 2850 Km at cruise speed with full tanks at 60-50-60% (L-C-R) Throttle 640 Km at max speed with full tanks at 100% Throttle * Wing area is rudder_surface_area (r.s.a) of total horizontal wings and control surfaces data in ..\Stormworks\rom\data\definitions. Sub-grid wings contribute less.

- PNG to XML Paint tool: http://rising.at/Stormworks/paint.php
- Tajin's GPS Autopilot: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1583273886
- TheDrafter's Fuel consumption calculator: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1618022072
58 Comments
warppioneer 3 Apr @ 12:54pm 
It's meant to be a floatplane, it wasn't designed to be an amphibian.
Thales  [author] 3 Apr @ 10:22am 
No wheels
LoulouGaming77 3 Apr @ 8:45am 
how can I deploy gear ?
Ultamitwarden11 25 Jul, 2023 @ 2:07pm 
How do I get the radio to work
merlin 30 Apr, 2023 @ 10:46am 
anyways wheres the secret button? is it the escape hatch perhaps?
merlin 30 Apr, 2023 @ 10:46am 
its a camper seaplane with a singing sunfish
Thales  [author] 29 Apr, 2023 @ 11:05am 
I wonder the first one
merlin 29 Apr, 2023 @ 10:54am 
this is my second favorite creation ever
Thales  [author] 10 Jan, 2023 @ 12:59am 
@Tsubouchi,
Hello, unfortunately I couldn't reproduce the issue, all engines work in my test.
Tsubouchi 9 Jan, 2023 @ 4:46pm 
Hello, I'm also having some issues with the left engine as well. Fuel switch is on but it won't start properly.