The Base
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Version 1.2
Release date: November 20, 2021
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The Base is a fictional man-made island with an international military airport located in the strategic Arabian Sea.
The Base is created putting in mind players who enjoy flying military aircrafts; as such, it has ramps for military compact and military cargo aircrafts only. Civilian aircrafts and guests are welcomed though :)
Airport Information:
Name: The Base
ICAO: BASE
Runway 28 ILS freq. 109.50 MHz
Runway 10 ILS freq. 110.50 MHz
PAPI system installed on both runways
Known issues:
1. As the Base is a fictional airport with a fictional ICAO code (BASE) that is not in the game database, you will need to set runway ILS freq. manually to the corresponding runway ILS listed above.
2. Although ground services are disabled, your copilot will still ask for pushback, and the tower will taxi guide you to exit the ramp from its south despite that you can simply exit north (ahead).
3. Although the Base has dedicated helicopters ramps, the game does not yet support adding parking ramps for helicopters.
4. The Base map is not rendered on the World Map despite that it correctly renders on aircrafts map instruments.
Other than that, enjoy an epic flight and landing to/from the Base. I do recommend choosing OOMS (Muscat) as a departure airport and setting the time to be around dawn, dusk or night for a remarkable flying and landing experience!
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Version 1.2 Release Notes:
1. Ensured compatibility with Sim update 7.
2. Added F18 static aircrafts.
Version 1.1 Release Notes:
1. For further optimization, I have redesigned the whole base to make it smaller with less static models to load.
2. Taxiways further improved.
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Third-party Contents:
The Base contains third-party static models that are permitted only for personal free use. Any commercial use therefore is strictly prohibited without the consent of the original copyright holder.
Special thanks to:
• Destroyer121 for his permission to use the glorious C-17 aircraft.
For the aircraft to appear, please install the aircraft in the community folder.
Download link: https://flightsim.to/file/12408/msfs-native-c-17-globemaster
• KL791 for his permission to use his outstanding ship models.
“Ship models are copyright of Henrik Nielsen and referenced with permission. For the ships to appear you must have Global AI Ship Traffic installed.”
Download link: https://flightsim.to/file/9529/global-ai-ship-traffic-msfs-v1
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Installation:
1. Unzip the downloaded file.
2. Drag and drop the unzipped folder into the game "Community" folder.
For example, this is the path of Microsoft Store installation:
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\
Updating:
First remove/delete the old version folder and replace it with the new one.
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JohnG
Have you looked in your "My Messages" today? 'Cos I've added some more snaps and details in there for you.
JohnG
OK - request is in.
TangoFox author
Thank you for the info. Work has started :)
3 years ago
JohnG
Have you considered modeling a real airbase quite close to that location? I refer of course to Diego Garcia, which can be found at:
https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Diego_Garcia¶ms=7_18_48_S_72_24_40_E_type:isle
It hasn't been modeled yet, and there isn't a request for it as yet, but if you want, I can generate one for you - I'd like to see it modeled.
Here's a glimpse of what it looks like: https://www.wavelengthmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Tent-city-Airfield-1024x768.jpg
And if you look at one of the aerial images from the first link I gave you, you'll find that there is a dock nearby, plus some other interesting bits and pieces surrounding the airport itself, without getting tied up with any civilian structures.
TangoFox author
Thank you John. That is a wonderful base! I would love to make it certainly, but I think it will take some time to complete, as looking so far at its images on Google, mostly are aerial with little details.
I need to find detailed images of the main buildings at least to 3D model them and make the scenery match the real one as much as possible. Can't find so far even a closeup image of the control tower :)
Yes please, make a request to make sure that there will not be any duplicate making.
3 years ago
Caspy1Uk
great idea.. will use it a lot more if the sim didny lag out so much on takeoff and arrival.. also the taxi ways are a bit iffy i think.. none lead to the end of the runway and by the looks of it to me only exits off the runway are on 10..
5* for the concept
TangoFox author
Thank you very much. I'm working on the taxiways, and will reduce certain objects that may cause lagging. Appreciate it.
3 years ago
flaco2020
Capo!!! genio!!! faltaba algo tan brillante como lo que hiciste!! Saludos desde Argentina!!
TangoFox author
3 years ago