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Is the water only ~2ft deep everywhere?

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I could not take off once the plane hit the water, so the drag of the water on the wheels is recognized, but the depth stays the same everywhere.  I imagine that modelling actual water depth or ground level over the whole planet would be rather difficult, but I would think that the default minimum depth should at least be more than 2 ft 

https://youtu.be/P6xfiwlgIpI

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Yep, it's a flight sim not a depth sim.

Hope that helps.

Edited by Will Fly For Cheese

Proof right there that the sea level is getting shallower not deeper, unfortunately for the flat earthers MSFS does indeed prove that the Earth is round.😀

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1 hour ago, Will Fly For Cheese said:

Yep, it's a flight sim not a depth sim.

Hope that helps.

Looking like a boat sim too 😊

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How did you do that? If I touch water in anything but the icon, even if it's just a little stream, it registers a plane crash.

I'd love to do the water braking bush landings, but can't because of that crash detection.

 

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They did say in that interview that they were going for a wide, not deep, simming experience.

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Of interest is that in P3D the sea bottom is remarkably accurate. Of course it had to be otherwise the submarines and other ships would have problems...

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2 hours ago, Will Fly For Cheese said:

Yep, it's a flight sim not a depth sim.

Hope that helps.

"Rah rah rah".... ban mauben.

How dare he ask a question or a feature request. It's a flight sim for god sakes. Imagine if some one else starts stating the mountain are too roundish.

We are luckily to not have wire triangles of mountains and only green shading.

Your comment seems a bit harsh.

 

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1 hour ago, eslader said:

How did you do that? If I touch water in anything but the icon, even if it's just a little stream, it registers a plane crash.

I'd love to do the water braking bush landings, but can't because of that crash detection.

 

I think you can adjust that in realism settings.

1 hour ago, SlowFlyer said:

"Rah rah rah".... ban mauben.

How dare he ask a question or a feature request. It's a flight sim for god sakes. Imagine if some one else starts stating the mountain are too roundish.

We are luckily to not have wire triangles of mountains and only green shading.

Your comment seems a bit harsh.

 

Maybe your next add-on should be a sense of humor...

2 hours ago, eslader said:

How did you do that? If I touch water in anything but the icon, even if it's just a little stream, it registers a plane crash.

I'd love to do the water braking bush landings, but can't because of that crash detection.

I did an un-planned water ditching in the Baron when testing critical engine failure yaw (which I'm still not convinced is right). I was scrambling to hit the right button and managed to kill both engines. This was my normal test-drive airport which has a large body of water directly across from the runway. 

The plane hit the water, more or less believably although it didn't travel far enough after contact, and then sat there without sinking. Water filled half the cockpit. It probably didn't register as a crash because I had the gear up when hitting the water.

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3 hours ago, eslader said:

How did you do that? If I touch water in anything but the icon, even if it's just a little stream, it registers a plane crash.

I'd love to do the water braking bush landings, but can't because of that crash detection.

 

The first time I did that was in the same place. I overshot the runway and ended up in the water and I expected a crash but it kept on going. So I came back up on land and this is when I recorded the video. I was just trying to see if this was repeatable.

But earlier I had tried to skim the water with a cub, and I crashed as soon as the wheels hit the water and I ended up upside down, but the plane got submerged only about 2 ft as well. 

I wish I could have taken off from the water...instant new amphibian aircraft to join the Icon 😂

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6 hours ago, eslader said:

How did you do that? If I touch water in anything but the icon, even if it's just a little stream, it registers a plane crash.

I'd love to do the water braking bush landings, but can't because of that crash detection.

 

Turn off crash to off in settings.

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Two feet of water?  Are there, or will there be any aircraft carriers in MSFS?   (Have not purchased this sim yet - first need new rig).

5 minutes ago, overspeed3 said:

Two feet of water?  Are there, or will there be any aircraft carriers in MSFS?   (Have not purchased this sim yet - first need new rig).

We are talking about a computer simulation here. Pretty sure that a fake carrier could move even if stranded.

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