FSPassengers and Sea planes

[HPL]

If I buy a sea plane for my company how do I determine where to land. It’s not as though there is really much in the way of runway markings.

I know I could just try and hope for the best, I just don’t want to waste my time in a futile undertaking if it doesn't work out.

Any help would be . . . helpful,
Howard P. Lovecraft



Post Edited ( 03-25-06 05:56 )

[poden]

I like the name you're using,

You don't have to be all that precise landing on a water runway. They do show up on the GPS, if you use it. Typically, in FSP, when flying seaplanes,
its better to only set a "time", and just skip the "destination." You often get the "didn't reach destination" penalty when using water runways, and
do sacrifice some of your possible points. However, you gain a lot of versatility in return. Personally, I really enjoy using seaplanes in FSP. Right
now I have a small company using a Grumman Goose, and I plan on eventually using the Dornier Seastar created by Mike Stone. I've also used a Lake Renegade quite a bit.



Post Edited ( 03-25-06 07:42 )

[HPL]

Thanks for the info. I like sea planes and the allure of being either a bush pilot in Alaska or a pilot in the islands like that movie "Six days and
seven nights" is very appealing to me.


I didn't think anyone would get the name. Glad someone can appreciate it.

[detpilot]

Ok, I give up, what's HPL mean? LOL!

[DBE]

"Howard P. Lovecraft", maybe?

[poden]

detpilot wrote:
Ok, I give up, what's HPL mean? LOL!

HP Lovecraft, author of some great horror novels.

[Buggzy]

I tried to land the default Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian at Q74 (Homewood Seaplane Base Lake Tahoe, California, USA ) after a
Landing gear retraction failure (wouldn't go up for water landing mode). When I did land (65 knots 127 ft/s) the plane almost flipped over
frontwards and partially sank then the 'crash' (only on pass injured and $158k damage to plane). The issue is, I can land this plane with
gear down in the water every other time (w/o FsPax running). Is FSPax really that smart? I luv this progam...

[poden]

I thought FS2004 was supposed to detect gear down on water landings and do SOMETHING at least. Maybe you run it with crash detection turned off?

[blzert]

hey do water-air bases have a prefix in there airport code?

in other words is there any way to get a list of water airports? i didnt release there were any in msfs ?

thx

[poden]

blzert wrote:
hey do water-air bases have a prefix in there airport code?

in other words is there any way to get a list of water airports? i didnt release there were any in msfs ?

thx

No, nothing in their code letters to clue you. You can go into flight planning or flight setup and open individual airports to see if runways are
listed as "water". Another way to spot them is to just access the map and find the "anchor" icons for water runways. They don't have nearly as many
water runways included in the simulator as land based, but they do at last have some.

[blzert]

poden wrote:

blzert wrote:
hey do water-air bases have a prefix in there airport code?

in other words is there any way to get a list of water airports? i didnt release there were any in msfs ?

thx

No, nothing in their code letters to clue you. You can go into flight planning or flight setup and open individual airports to see if runways are
listed as "water". Another way to spot them is to just access the map and find the "anchor" icons for water runways. They don't
have nearly as many
water runways included in the simulator as land based, but they do at last have some.

thx bud

[SaVas]

Seaplanes are a bit finicky in FS9 and I have found that its almost a must to have damage turned on (so you dont get the 500 foot bounce
when FS9 thinks you crashed), and with FSP its best to not have the weights and balances adjustable for that particular aircraft as I have
seen that float planes are a bit more sensitive to their depth/contact points.

I also find some float planes are less likely to crash than others.

My recommendation is to create a test company with lots of money, buy a float plane and do a couple of short test flights.

[poden]

SaVas wrote:
Seaplanes are a bit finicky in FS9 and I have found that its almost a must to have damage turned on (so you dont get the 500 foot bounce
when FS9 thinks you crashed), and with FSP its best to not have the weights and balances adjustable for that particular aircraft as I have
seen that float planes are a bit more sensitive to their depth/contact points.

I also find some float planes are less likely to crash than others.

My recommendation is to create a test company with lots of money, buy a float plane and do a couple of short test flights.

Sound advice! I've had to do some contact point adjusting on a couple of seaplanes in the past. Yeah, the seaplanes are finicky, but they're fun to
fly!



Post Edited ( 03-29-06 16:59 )

[Full_Throttle0]

Yea my fav seplane is the boeing clipper, i think the manufactur is boeing. well i know it is the boeing menu