Description
Welcome to Takhin River Airstrip!
This airstrip is an old half abandoned and partially overgrown airstrip on the right bank of the Takhin River in the Takhinsha Mountains.
Half way between Haines and the Tsirku Glacier, it presumably once served as entry and drop off point for hunters, researchers and others who needed to access the wilderness.
It has seen some recent interest and activity by some local bush pilots and hunters and has been cleared of the worst, however, this is a non-maintained and rarely used airstrip, so be cautious.
This is a real place: 59.254334, -135.998106
NOTAMS:
Runway extremely narrow. Possible debris on runway. Obstacles close to runway hidden in high grass. No windsock available. Recommended landing to the SE
Takhin River Airstrip
Altitude: 450 feet
Runway: 700 feet NW/SE
Surface: Soil/Grass/Gravel
No windsock
No service
No maintenance
This airstrip is much more of a challenge than it looks at first.
Only 700 feet of extremely narrow runway, which for the most past merely consists of tracks by other aircraft, to get you down and out.
In the tall grass and shrubs directly adjacent to the runway you'll find logs and other debris.
Depending on your aircraft, the obstacle, your speed and direction you will crash your aircraft hitting them
Keep in the tracks at all costs.
Let me know if the challenge is right or needs adjustment.
You need the Bush & Backcountry Libary for this scenery to work: https://flightsim.to/file/43061/bush-backcountry-library
Compatible with Orbx Alaska Mesh
Not-compatible with Bijan's Season Mod
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Takhin River Airstrip, 4AA4, Alaska, USA
This airstrip is an old half abandoned and partially overgrown airstrip on the right bank of the Takhin River in the Takhinsha Mountains. Half way between Haines and the Tsirku Glacier, it presumably once served as entry and drop off point for hunters, researchers and others who needed to access the wilderness. It has seen some recent interest and activity by some local bush pilots and hunters and has been cleared of the worst, however, this is a non-maintained and rarely used airstrip, so be cautious.
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over 2 years ago
Captain Moonlight from Warstein in Germany
almost 3 years ago
I'm getting trees and vegetation that aren't in your pictures on several of your airstrips. I enjoy a difficult takeoff and landing, but these trees make it impossible. I'm not talking about the obstacles on or near the runway that you intentionally put there (I like those). I'm talking about the AI generated trees with collision mesh. Since they aren't in your pictures, I assume you don't want them there.
almost 3 years ago
Have you any tree, vegetation or season mods installed? That's the most likely culprit of diverging vegetation placement/vegetation overrides in my experience.
almost 3 years ago
I'm terribly sorry. I forgot I had the forest enhancement mod by badnick578 installed. That was the culprit. Do you want me to delete my comment?
almost 3 years ago
No need to be sorry. All good :) Happens to me as well from time to time. No need to delete it. May come useful for other people running into the same problem ;)
over 3 years ago
Great scenery, but don't you think some of logs laying around are too close to runway? Here and on 4AA3 as well
over 3 years ago
Thanks for the review!
Regarding the logs: In the end it's a matter of taste. I'm in the camp that prefers consequences if you do things wrong e.g. hitting a log at an unmaintained landing site, so I put this challenge in. Nonetheless, I will write it down and check it when it's time to revise the sceneries.
over 3 years ago
Update on the issue some people experience:
It seems that for SU10 there may be an addon/mod that messes with the tree/vegetation placement, however, that specific addon/mod has not been identified yet.
It also seems that SU11 Beta may pose a problem with tree/vegetation placement for another user. I will have a look at the scenery once SU11 drops in two days.
So give it a go, most people seem to not have any problems at all :)
over 3 years ago
I am seeing the same issue. Not an open area as in your screenshots. Lots of trees with no mods that alter anything except the ORBX Alaska mesh and your bush and backcountry library.
over 3 years ago
Do you by any chance run SU11 beta? I've got some screenshots from 55tom55 and there are much more trees and vegetation than on my copy of the sim. That's gonna be interesting to try to fix something I don't see.
over 3 years ago
No beta. Lots of pine trees in foreground and background on mountain slopes. Your trees looks totally different.
over 3 years ago
Honestly, I've no clue what's going on. I emptied my community folder except of Takhin Airstrip and the Bush and Backcountry Library (something I do anyway when creating sceneries) and I don't have those trees/vegetation.
Have you cached the area with the rolling cache by any chance?
over 3 years ago
I will try with a default community folder, only adding your scenery. That will tell if there is something in the mix that I am not seeing. Ok, so goning to the defaut commnity folder fixed the issue. So i have something in my add ons that's changing the trees.
over 3 years ago
I'm glad that there is progress on the issue and that I didn't F something up.
If you ever find out what other addon/mod causes this issue, I would appreciate if you would let me know. If that's something a lot of people have installed, I will include it as incompatible in the description.
over 3 years ago
Bijan Seasons is the source of the issue. I forgot I had it installed. It replaces tree types world wide. Your bush country textures remain, but the open area is filled with trees.
over 3 years ago
Perfect. Thanks for letting me know and the patience. I will update the file description accordingly.