Fokker F.VIIb/3m Floatplane "Friendship"
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.
– 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.
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
– PNG to XML Paint tool: http://rising.at/Stormworks/paint.php
– Tajin’s GPS Autopilot: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1583273886
– TheDrafter’s Fuel consumption calculator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1618022072
