Simviation Forum - Water drop?

Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:08pm

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Quick question - can FS9 simulate a water drop, like a tanker dumping water on a forest fire?

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Reply #1 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:12pm

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you can do that with the smoke effict i think. one of my helicoptors dose that but nothing happens it just looks like water is comming out nothing else.

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Reply #2 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:15pm

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Oh I don't expect it to put out a fire! I just don't know how to create the water dropping effect. Can you tell us how it's done, or point out the helicopter in question?

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Reply #3 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:17pm

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its a cobra i forgot witch one but i have no ideah how to do it it has a baskit for droping water
and im not at mt home pc so i cant look up witch one it is

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Reply #4 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:19pm

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Should visit here, http://www.rareflightsimulations.co.uk/page_1152196369937.html

the effect is,

[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=0, 12, 0, fx_water_dump
smoke.1=0, 8, 4, fx_water_dump
smoke.2=0, 8, -4, fx_water_dump

But dunno if that will work, considering I'm not sure if "fx_water_dump" is already installed. Grin

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Reply #5 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:20pm

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Oh I don't expect it to put out a fire! I just don't know how to create the water dropping effect. Can you tell us how it's done, or point out the helicopter in question?

Gryshnak

Try to ask the team behind the Erickson S-64E Aircrane from hovercontrol.com
It has waterdrop effects.

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Reply #6 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:39pm

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or the Air Tractor 802 Fire Boss at avsim Wink

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Reply #7 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 1:15pm

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I don't remember which one, but I flew an aircraft in the sim that had this effect.
It must be mentionned that this was only a visual effect. It has no effect at all on the plane, you will not feel the loss of weight or anything.

This was long ago, in FS9, but long ago. Was there any new effect that would simulate weight effects as well in the meanwhile ?

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Reply #8 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 1:15pm

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Or just ask Nick Needham aka Nick N at the forums Wink

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Reply #9 - Aug 29^th, 2006 at 12:57pm

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There's a link in avsim to someone who has written a water effect for the Canadair Protecion civile espagna
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=canadair&CatID=root
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Reply #10 - Aug 29^th, 2006 at 1:29pm

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Why go elsewhere? You can take the water drop effect off the DHC6 here at SimV? http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props104.htm

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Reply #11 - Aug 29^th, 2006 at 6:10pm

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There is a good cl-415 here at simviation that jumps into the sky when you unload the water and it will only refill on the ground or water. make sure you get the latest one though.

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props108.htm

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Reply #12 - Sep 1^st, 2006 at 5:17am

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There is a good cl-415 here at simviation that jumps into the sky when you unload the water and it will only refill on the ground or water. make sure you get the latest one though.

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props108.htm

Souinds like a great gauge. If so.....you ought to be able to "lift" the water dump gauge out of that aircraft and install it in another aircraft (remember that this is for PERSONAL use only... not for installing in planes you distribute...... without getting permission).

One "caveat" that I can think of is to explore if the coding of the XML gauge used calculates the weight difference SPECIFICALLY for THAT one plane....instead of just reducing the weight of the plane it is installed into by X amount.

You also might have to take load station placement into accont for positioning the "water". Otherwise... the plane might fly funny....or not at all.

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