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New Black Square C208 amphib/cargo + Commander 114

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Interesting.  I’ve got over 1000 hours in Caravans on floats.  Wonder how it’ll actually handle on water.  

That looks really sweet.

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Just now, ATRguy said:

Interesting.  I’ve got over 1000 hours in Caravans on floats.  Wonder how it’ll actually handle on water.  

Oh that's awesome... never been on one but used to see them all the time when I worked in DLH.  My buddy's plane is based at SGS where Wipaire is as well so I'm no stranger to seeing them.  I imagine the 2024 water dynamics will be greatly improved from 2020.

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6 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

Oh that's awesome... never been on one but used to see them all the time when I worked in DLH.  My buddy's plane is based at SGS where Wipaire is as well so I'm no stranger to seeing them.  I imagine the 2024 water dynamics will be greatly improved from 2020.

I hope so yeah.  I feel like the big thing I always notice is they bob up and down like corks.   The Van can weigh 9100 pounds.  It just plows THROUGH small waves.  It doesn’t ride up and down much on waves until they get 2-3 feet, and then they’re coming over the bows lol.  
 

It’s tough to get right.   Nobody has even come close yet. 

Cool! I flown Commander back in the days.

I'm assuming this is for msfs2024 ?

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2 minutes ago, ATRguy said:

I hope so yeah.  I feel like the big thing I always notice is they bob up and down like corks.   The Van can weigh 9100 pounds.  It just plows THROUGH small waves.  It doesn’t ride up and down much on waves until they get 2-3 feet, and then they’re coming over the bows lol.  
 

It’s tough to get right.   Nobody has even come close yet. 

Interesting...I didn't even know that... I figured all float planes kinda bob haha!  The more you know!

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Great news. I've been waiting for the amphibian van to come along. A new soundset and textures are a bonus as well.

There a  few based in Broome Australia for flights to the horizontal waterfalls and pearl farms. Great memories of my years there.

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4 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

Interesting...I didn't even know that... I figured all float planes kinda bob haha!  The more you know!

I mean they’re just boats, really.  Behave mostly the same way.  

One fun thing about the Van is that if you’re sailing it, it doesn’t sail straight backwards like a 185 does.  It sits at like 30 degrees to the wind because the fuselage is so boxy.  
 

Of course, sailing a Caravan is a bad day haha.  It’s a big airplane to move around like that. 

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1 minute ago, ATRguy said:

I mean they’re just boats, really.  Behave mostly the same way.  

One fun thing about the Van is that if you’re sailing it, it doesn’t sail straight backwards like a 185 does.  It sits at like 30 degrees to the wind because the fuselage is so boxy.  
 

Of course, sailing a Caravan is a bad day haha.  It’s a big airplane to move around like that. 

You should definitely get in touch with Nick from Black Square.  1000+ hours is quite a lot on a turbine amphib.

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Amazing. I was just thinking about the Caravan and how much I missed it. I skipped their older version but looking forward to this one. 

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I've wanted an amphibian forever.

The Kodiak is decent but it's glass...

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Just now, ryanbatc said:

I've wanted an amphibian forever.

The Kodiak is decent but it's glass...

I thought most of it was aluminum. 

 

🙂 

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2 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

You should definitely get in touch with Nick from Black Square.  1000+ hours is quite a lot on a turbine amphib.

I’m not even sure how haha. 

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