How Do I Turn A "Regular" Aircraft Into A SeaPlane? I would like to land my glider in water also. Actualy any plane for that matter  .

Thanks

  Thanks for your info but I have to admit I'm sort of new, so I was just wondering what the float points would be called and how I would move them to the other plane.

   p.s.  I already know basically how to adjust them so you don't really need to go into that if you want

Thanks for your help, you got me started  .

Open Aircraft.cfg of your glider in Notepad. Scroll down to the [contact_points] section & change any class 1 (wheel) entries to 4 (floats). These will usually be the point.0. point.1 & point.2 entries but there might be more or less on a glider. The default Schweizer has only one wheel entry so you might need to change some of the class 2 entries to 4 as well.

Before:

[contact_points]
point.0=1,  -2.0,    0.0, -2.5, 1574.8, 2, 0.509, 0.0, 0.40, 2.5, 1.22, 0.0, 0.0, 3, 0.0, 0.0
point.1=2,  -1.25, -28.5,  0.5,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0.0, 0.0
point.2=2,  -1.25,  28.5,  0.5,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 6, 0.0, 0.0
point.3=2, -15.42,   0.0, -0.7,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 9, 0.0, 0.0
point.4=2,   6.25,   0.0, -2.2,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.0

After:

[contact_points]
point.0=4,  -2.0,    0.0, -2.5, 1574.8, 2, 0.509, 0.0, 0.40, 2.5, 1.22, 0.0, 0.0, 3, 0.0, 0.0
point.1=4,  -1.25, -28.5,  0.5,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0.0, 0.0
point.2=4,  -1.25,  28.5,  0.5,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 6, 0.0, 0.0
point.3=4, -15.42,   0.0, -0.7,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 9, 0.0, 0.0
point.4=2,   6.25,   0.0, -2.2,  787.4, 0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.0


Please note that I haven't tried it.

Thanks guys! Well it didn't work, but I think it was because the balance maybe because it tilted backwards so I'm going to try puting a rear float. I'll let you know if it works. 

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That's probably due to the scrape points or the compression ratio of the floats in those Aircraft.cfg entries.

PS. I tried the Schweizer with my modified entries. It doesn't float properly so please use it only as an example of the basic principle. More conventional aircraft will have the correct number of gear points to start with so this only involves changing the class number to 4. Some work perfectly & others need a lot of tweaking to get right.

Open any default Aircraft.cfg for an explanation of the contact_points entries. Anything prefixed by // or ; is a remarked entry & for information only.

//0  Class
       //1  Longitudinal Position        (feet)
       //2  Lateral Position             (feet)
       //3  Vertical Position            (feet)
       //4  Impact Damage Threshold      (Feet Per Minute)
       //5  Brake Map                   (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right)
       //6  Wheel Radius                (feet)
       //7  Steer Angle                         (degrees)
       //8  Static Compression           (feet)  (0 if rigid)
       //9  Max/Static Compression Ratio
       //10 Damping Ratio               (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped)
       //11 Extension Time              (seconds)
       //12 Retraction Time             (seconds)
       //13 Sound Type

For more detailed information check out the FS2004 SDKs posted on the official Insider site.

PS. I don't think the glider is the best example for your first attempt.