Goose is BACK

[ryanbatc 12,867]

On 1/5/2021 at 5:01 PM, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

it is an old airplane, you need to kick things and thump them to get them going.  🙂

On a more serious note, it is an import from an older sim and a WIP so it is what it is. If your personal standards are only to fly things that are 100% accurate give it a miss but I actually find it rather more fun than the Icon for water landings and love the big old radials.

I get this but I'd like to at least have working radios.  It's handy to tune a random VOR sometimes.  Hopefully they keep working on it because it's a pretty neat bird!

[leprechaunlive 1,859]

16 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

I get this but I'd like to at least have working radios.  It's handy to tune a random VOR sometimes.  Hopefully they keep working on it because it's a pretty neat bird!

Nothing to worry about, there are big plans for that Goose in the future, but these things takes time 🙂

[xxd09 68]

That’s good news

xxd09

[dexthom 10]

I have the textures for the P3D Chalks version.  Can they be used in this package?

 

 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

On 1/4/2021 at 10:04 AM, in2tech said:

Anyone know where some docks are located in default MSFS. Not the sunken ones 🙂 Let me know please!

 

 

Just download the recently updated v 1.8 of the Milford Sound freeware addon.

https://flightsim.to/file/2533/milford-sound-airport-nzmf-new-zealand-v1-0

 

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2021 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[nigelgrant 4]

I have yet to find the switch in the cockpit to lower and raise the pontoons - can someone pls direct me, that would be much appreciated

Nigel

Vancouver

[lupedelupe 315]

37 minutes ago, nigelgrant said:

I have yet to find the switch in the cockpit to lower and raise the pontoons - can someone pls direct me, that would be much appreciated

Nigel

Vancouver

Just above your forehead (so left side of overhead panel; it's marked clearly). Press either port or starboard once, you should hear the pontoon lowering/raising. Only work one pontoon at a time. 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

1 hour ago, nigelgrant said:

I have yet to find the switch in the cockpit to lower and raise the pontoons - can someone pls direct me, that would be much appreciated

Nigel

Vancouver

the other tricky one is the fuel cocks which are behind your seat 😄

lupelupe has it right, top panel immediately left of the flap lever

 

you can see them in operation in this video below ( look for two blue lights above 3 switches in the overhead when raised, which turn into two green lights below the switches when deployed) ...

 

 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[earthdog 842]

On 1/9/2021 at 7:30 PM, Boeing_Driver said:

I agree with your sentiment. However, I enjoy watching the aircraft from the outside, and it's nice to have an AP so the plane doesn't spiral to the ground.

Yes, I know one can trim the controls so it doesn't wander off too much, but an AP is just super convenient.

If you map some basic AP functions to buttons it works. So map your AP on/off, altitude hold and heading hold and you should be ok. 

[jankees 2,070]

some recent paintwork, and these are drag and drop as well. If and when I find time, I'll the old ones as well..

a different version of SeaBee Air, ZK-DFC (spot the differences):

jk0629

same aircraft, but of Mt Cook Airlines:

jk0625

anothere French navy aircraft, of Flotille 27:

jk0589

a very brightly colored Swede:

jk0567

and finally, Cutters Goose

jk0579

jk0599

 

[109Sqn 1,576]

4 hours ago, jankees said:

and finally, Cutters Goose

Happy days!👍

 

Now, if only my default camera view was the pilot's view. Still haven't found a solution to that...

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

1 hour ago, 109Sqn said:

Happy days!👍

 

Now, if only my default camera view was the pilot's view. Still haven't found a solution to that...

I assume you have set the default in settings correctly. Maybe there is something in cameras.cfg for the mod itself you can configure.

[xxd09 68]

How are you managing to steer the Goose once it is  on the water?

Is separate engine use a feasible proposition?

xxd09

 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

1 hour ago, xxd09 said:

How are you managing to steer the Goose once it is  on the water?

Is separate engine use a feasible proposition?

xxd09

 

 

asymmetric thrust is a bit broken in MSFS but it does sort of work, there is some technical weirdness with the way they implemented engines positioned off the centreline that I never bothered really reading up on

I tend to always park with enough space in front of me to get the speed up a bit and get some rudder authority and just use full rudder

Edited January 20, 2021 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[109Sqn 1,576]

6 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

I assume you have set the default in settings correctly. Maybe there is something in cameras.cfg for the mod itself you can configure.

I've absolutely no idea why it doesn't work for me when nobody else has reported the same issue. I've not changed any default settings - all other aircraft start in the pilot's seat, it's only the Goose which has be starting on the plane's nose. I've re-downloaded it a number of times and even tried a mode with altered views, which didn't seem to change anything either.😕 As I stated on page 10 of this thread, even putting in wildly different values made no difference - I still started in Landing View. Very odd.