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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | How to make planes float?
DVA10082
Captain, B777-200
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Monroe, LA

2,440 legs, 8,088.3 hours
2,012 legs, 6,353.3 hours online
2,405 legs, 7,994.5 hours ACARS
104 legs, 243.6 hours event
366 legs dispatched, 255.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 12:11 ET by Josh Burr
Hello Everyone,
I was tweaking my 747, and was wondering if there is anyway to make the plane be a ble to land on water, without going back up into the air right away, or without turning on realistic crash settings.
Thanks!


DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Joined on June 10 2001
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Marietta, GA

2,314 legs, 9,320.7 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,972 legs, 8,113.8 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,350 legs, 9,455.6 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 12:47 ET by Luke Kolin
facepalm

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA10082
Captain, B777-200
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Joined on August 17 2011
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"Set your compass to 'E' and get out of my airspace!"
Monroe, LA

2,440 legs, 8,088.3 hours
2,012 legs, 6,353.3 hours online
2,405 legs, 7,994.5 hours ACARS
104 legs, 243.6 hours event
366 legs dispatched, 255.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 12:49 ET by Josh Burr
Mr. Kolin, are you saying that it is not possible?
Thanks!


AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800

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Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA

2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs, 5,926.6 hours online
2,853 legs, 9,199.0 hours ACARS
58 legs, 272.0 hours event
350 legs dispatched, 155.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 12:54 ET by Robert Armstrong
A B744 isn't a PBY Catalina...
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
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Joined on April 11 2011
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Kissimmee, FL USA

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538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 12:58 ET by John Anderson
If you have to make a water landing, it's a crash .




DVA10082
Captain, B777-200
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"Set your compass to 'E' and get out of my airspace!"
Monroe, LA

2,440 legs, 8,088.3 hours
2,012 legs, 6,353.3 hours online
2,405 legs, 7,994.5 hours ACARS
104 legs, 243.6 hours event
366 legs dispatched, 255.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 13:09 ET by Josh Burr
Everything you all are saying I already know, I just want to know if there is a way to make it happen.
Thank you!


DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
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"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 13:15 ET by John Anderson
I think, just the mentality that, it's a crash, makes ones who work with bouancy not even think about it.

Take a look at the float planes though . . . there's something in there (their config files) that could tell you something.


DVA10082
Captain, B777-200
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Joined on August 17 2011
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Online Twenty Century

"Set your compass to 'E' and get out of my airspace!"
Monroe, LA

2,440 legs, 8,088.3 hours
2,012 legs, 6,353.3 hours online
2,405 legs, 7,994.5 hours ACARS
104 legs, 243.6 hours event
366 legs dispatched, 255.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 13:18 ET by Josh Burr
Thank you. will do


DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 15:30 ET by Michael Brown
I 747 with floats!!! rawk


AFV292
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ZA

1,845 legs, 5,394.9 hours
1,833 legs, 5,371.5 hours ACARS
1,908 legs, 5,542.5 hours total
3 legs dispatched, 4.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 14 2011 15:47 ET by Mark Stead
At least that, if you could put floats on it, would be one up on the Spruce Goose! She could definitely fly, just hope the floats don't fail! Landing a heavy 747 on water would be interesting... Like Jon said, check the config. files for the floatplanes, may also have something put into the model file too, regarding the float design. The airports too have to have special mods to allow floating on water, rather than a detected crash. I tried a couple of pilotable ships in FS9 which had to have special AFCADS.

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