Besiktas Aircraft Workshop
The opening anchors the story in production: designing, building and establishing an aviation industry rather than simply importing aircraft.
Limited-access experience
NuD-38
A forgotten aviation vision, made perceptible from the cockpit through VR, cinematic narrative and a physical experience language.
Early viewings for invited partners who can contribute meaningfully across archive, institutions, production and strategic development.
Experience
An early Turkish aviation dream becomes a cinematic route experienced from the cockpit.
The user enters the cockpit of the Nu.D-38 and lives a short but powerful period flight from Yesilkoy toward Istanbul. The aim is not only to fly, but to feel the entrepreneurial spirit, technical courage and unfinished vision of the early Republican era.
Three-part route
Workshop, airfield and city become one continuous flight.
Departure from Yesilkoy
The player takes off from a cockpit close to runway, hangar and apron. The Marmara horizon, airfield texture and engine sound establish the first memory of the route.
A moment over Taskisla
The 1942 letter-drop story turns the flight into more than a technical achievement: it becomes an invitation to the next generation of engineers.
Archive spine
The visual language and route are shaped by documents, not generic nostalgia.
Industrial ambition
Nuri Demirag's aircraft factory initiative defines the emotional center of the experience: the story is about the ability to build the aircraft, not only to fly it.
Hangar, assembly and repair
The industrial traces of Yesilkoy guide the scale of the airfield, the hangar facade and the spatial character players read before takeoff.
Taskisla letter drop
Reports in Tasvir-i Efkar describe Nu.D aircraft flying over the Higher Engineering School and dropping letters that encouraged students toward aviation.
The central aircraft
The Nu.D-38 is the vessel of the experience. Cockpit, exterior form, sound and motion are developed around one coherent sense of quality.
Archive traces
The visual and narrative language is being shaped alongside archival material.
Experience language
Cockpit proximity, readable Istanbul and restrained historical moments move in the same rhythm.
Cockpit proximity The first glance builds confidence through instruments, surfaces and controls within arm's reach.
Readable Istanbul Yesilkoy, the Marmara coast and the city silhouette are composed so altitude, direction and distance matter.
Restrained history Archival material becomes short, placed moments that support the flight without interrupting it.
Current prototype
A playable flight core, cockpit feel and route narrative are developing together.
The Unreal Engine prototype includes a VR aircraft pawn, accessible flight handling, route guidance, Istanbul landmark cues, cockpit geometry, animated instrument needles, NuD-38 visual integration, Yesilkoy placement and layered flight audio.
- Working now
- Aircraft pawn, cockpit cues, base route, audio loops and historical waypoint triggers.
- In development
- NuD-38 model finish, cockpit material depth, Yesilkoy airfield composition and Marmara ground character.
- Needed
- Archival photographs, aircraft references, period sound knowledge, 3D art support and production funding.
Experience formats
The priority is a VR flight experience that can stand on its own; the presentation scale can grow through the right partnerships.
NuD-38 is being shaped beyond home VR alone, with a language that can adapt to cockpit seating, exhibition demos and museum or event installations. A physical setup remains a higher-tier presentation layer, to be considered when the right partnership and production ground are in place.
Development outlook
First, a truthful encounter in the cockpit; then a measured path from archive to exhibition, and toward a wider narrative world.
Experience in the cockpit
The first aim is to gather the feel of the Nu.D-38, the short flight from Yesilkoy toward Istanbul and a private-viewing prototype into one strong scene.
Archive and institutions
Photographs, documents, technical references, museums and cultural technology partners deepen the historical ground and presentation language of the experience.
Expanding narrative world
As the project matures, game, film and exhibition layers can be considered as natural extensions of the core experience.
Private viewing and partnership
Early private viewings of NuD-38 are being planned for invited partners who can contribute meaningfully across archive, institutions, production and strategic development.
Private viewing request
Archival photographs and documents
Nu.D-38 technical references
Museum, exhibition and event partnerships
3D modeling, sound and VR production
Strategic support and sponsorship