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Jan 12^th, 2012 at 7:57pm

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Goodly evening all...

Keeping up my glassy water skills on floats...

FSX and Windows 7
FS Water Configurator...set to Steves Favourite Settings
Aerosoft DHC-2 Beaver...Payware
Season is Autumn and a morning flight...
Location: One of the many camps in Alaska, United States and available from MoCat's Snow Dog Tours

Lots of Freeware right here on the Simviation Download Site... Wink

Push-off dock...

Back in the office...

Engine On...little smoke...fisherman on deck watching me depart...

Take-Off Flaps...Unsticking the Port Float first...

Bye...

Comments and advice most welcome... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:17am

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Doug, the first three shots are simply excellent ! Well done.
Fantastic colors, very good view angles, very good choice of plane and repaint, excellent choice of scenery and finally, very good sky/weather. You're learning fast Cool

The forth shot is quite funny I have to say, and the last one looks just good.

Good job !

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Got mountains ?
Got damage ?

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Reply #2 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 8:43am

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Hey thanks Stephane "Daube"... Wink

I have an excellent instructor who I must owe a case of wine and a lot of cheese too.
And no...he is not going to talk me into jumping out of perfectly good aeroplanes with a bed sheet (parachute) fluttering over my head like he does... Grin

Shot #4

Most Float Aviators will lift or unstick one float first on takeoff especially on glassy water.
I lifted the port float first and then when both were off the water I made a slight course correction while still picking up airspeed.

Perhaps that is why the shot looks funny... Grin

Now while I am on that float flying subject have you heard any more about the Float Flying Club that was formed in France this year?
A new club and the first Float/Seaplane Club in France in many years.

Shot #5

Was not even going to show this shot as I thought I cut off too much of the aircraft, however the more I looked at it the more I liked it.
Not sure how I would improve this one other than showing more of the aircraft.

The round hatch cover you see on the belly of the aircraft near the rear is probably a hatch cover for when they mounted a camera when the aircraft was used for surveillance or aerial surveying/mapping.

The DeHavilland DHC-3 single engine Otter had the same hatch cover for a camera.

Thanks again Stephane "Daube" for all the help...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 10:44am

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Huhu, no problems Doug Grin

I tried to get some info about this seaplane/float flying club from some persons who are close to aviation, but I couldn't get any info so far. I also wanted to ask the pilot of our skydiving center, but the center is closed because of the local mayor who complains about the noise during the weekends.... Lips Sealed

This year will be tough, I guess.

One question from my side:
For the third shot, have you tried to place the camera close to the forward end of the right float ? In a way to look at the engine, without having the float itself intefering... I'll try this tonight if I have time...

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Reply #4 - Jan 13^th, 2012 at 12:20pm

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Hi Stephane "Daube"

With regards to moving the camera in closer to the front of the float I ran into this problem.

The + and - Keys would not let me get closer than what you see.

If I used the Key Pad number Keys they would move the camera too far towards the back of the aircraft and I could not get the engine shot I wanted.

I tried moving the camera with the Space Bar and mouse but the shot I got was the best I could do.

Hope you get that local mayor straightened out, there are lots of clowns like him around.

Wish that new float/seaplane club all the best, it looks like general aviation is picking up a bit there and there is a little more money around... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Jan 14^th, 2012 at 7:39am