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How to get a float plane off the land

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Trying to fly the San Juan Island Run. The floatplane starts out beached. How do I get it floating in the water so I can taxi and takeoff?

AMD 3800X, Gigabyte Radeon 5700XT, AS Rock X570 Phantom Gaming 4, 32mb 3600 ram

I haven't flown that yet...try putting down landing gear if it has them...maybe you can slew it into water...now I gotta go see...you have any addons like mesh or anything that may have altered the landscape?

>Trying to fly the San Juan Island Run. The floatplane starts>out beached. How do I get it floating in the water so I can>taxi and takeoff?Beached...I just checked it out myself and i start at the dock with about 35 float planes behind me........Thats real strange....load it up again and see what you get......

Have you tried going into slew mode and then slewing into the water?

After reading harleyman's reply I disabled UTX. Sure enough, the planes floating next to the dock. Thanks harleyman.Nonetheless, the question remains; how can you push a floatplane away from a beach?

AMD 3800X, Gigabyte Radeon 5700XT, AS Rock X570 Phantom Gaming 4, 32mb 3600 ram

WOW...I guessed one right...I just finished the flight and its sorta cool......And you can't slew in that. if any of these missions..Just like cargo dogs....LOL

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