Aelorean Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I was surprised that FS2020 was released without at least one amphibious aircraft in the base package. I haven't checked the more expensive packages, is there one there? Or, does anyone know of a company working on one as a paid or free mod? Or, does FS2020 not currently support landing/taking off in water? I really enjoyed flying the amphibious aircrafts in FSX and it's really nice for learning how to land (and it's just fun in general.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseGB Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 ??? Icon A5 is in the base package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelorean Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Ah ...I see now. I am not familiar with the makes/models of aircrafts, so I just looked at all the planes and saw that they all had landing gears. But, I can now see how the design of the Icon A5 allows for water landing/takoff if you don't use the landing gear. I had assumed there would be a dedicated amphibious plane (and a big enough one for transporting passengers, etc.) similar to what we had in FSX; but, the Icon A5 will work. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparnold Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 IT would have been good if there had been one of the 'workhorse' amphibious aircraft like are still used in many parts of Canada as well as that 'sports' amphibious aircraft. I guess there will be a 3rd party one eventually. John Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Core i7-9700K 3.60 Ghz Dual 16Gb DDR4 2666 Gigabyte RTX2060 OC 6GB 2 X 256MB SSD drives 1 X 500GB HDD Windows 10 64bit Home Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g7rta Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I agree. Even FSX had more than one amphibious planes... it had the Cessna Caravan on floats for example. Microsoft/Asobo need to sort out the water first though. At the moment there is no wake behind the A5 as you take off or land etc. Also in high winds the plane sits still while the water drops several feet below the plane & then goes up, submerging the plane completely. Also if you’re sat in the plane when this is happening you see some horrible grid lines. Totally unrealistic. Regards Steve Intel I9-13900K - Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - 64Gb DDR5 5600Mhz - Asus RTX4090 ROG STRIX 24GB 3x 43” Panasonic 4k TVs - Corsair RMx 1200W PSU - 2 x 2TB M.2, 2 x 4TB SATA III and 1 x 4TB M.2 SSDs. Pico 4 VR Headset - Honeycomb Alpha Yoke - Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Unit Thrustmaster TPR Rudder Pedals - Saitek Throttles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpcnh1 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Ah ...I see now. I am not familiar with the makes/models of aircraft, so I just looked at all the planes and saw that they all had landing gear. But, I can now see how the design of the Icon A5 allows for water landing/takoff if you don't use the landing gear. I had assumed there would be a dedicated amphibious plane (and a big enough one for transporting passengers, etc.) similar to what we had in FSX; but, the Icon A5 will work. Thanks. So just as an FYI, I'm guessing by "dedicated" you mean water only. That would be known as a float plane. Amphibious by definition means for both water and land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4gix Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I agree. Even FSX had more than one amphibious planes... it had the Cessna Caravan on floats for example. Microsoft/Asobo need to sort out the water first though. At the moment there is no wake behind the A5 as you take off or land etc. Also in high winds the plane sits still while the water drops several feet below the plane & then goes up, submerging the plane completely. Also if you’re sat in the plane when this is happening you see some horrible grid lines. Totally unrealistic. How odd! When I've been in the A5 Icon there is a wake, and the aircraft follows the waves just as it should... :cool: Bill Leaming http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Combat/0054.gif Gauge Programming - 3d Modeling Military Visualizations Flightsim.com Panels & Gauges Forum Moderator Flightsim Rig: Intel Core i7-2600K - 8GB DDR3 1333 - EVGA GTX770 4GB - Win7 64bit Home Premium Development Rig1: Intel Core i7-3770k - 16GB DDR3 - Dual Radeon HD7770 SLI 1GB - Win7 64bit Professional Development Rig2: Intel Core i7-860 - 8GB DDR3 Corsair - GeForce GTS240 1GB - Win7 64bit Home Premium NOTE: Unless explicitly stated in the post, everything written by my hand is MY opinion. I do NOT speak for any company, real or imagined... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g7rta Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Really? I’ve never seen the wake. Maybe it’s my settings then. Certainly if you put the wind up to max you’ll see the plane going under water? I’m going to have to check a few things now :) Update: Most of my settings are on ultra. The “water waves†setting has always been on “high†(there is no ultra) Just increased render scaling from 100 to 200 & tried the I5 in two locations.. the Mersey (Liverpool UK) and also Toronto. I still can’t see a wake behind the A5 & in strong winds the plane lifts out of the water and sinks below it. Anyone else see this? 73 Steve Edited August 29, 2020 by g7rta Intel I9-13900K - Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - 64Gb DDR5 5600Mhz - Asus RTX4090 ROG STRIX 24GB 3x 43” Panasonic 4k TVs - Corsair RMx 1200W PSU - 2 x 2TB M.2, 2 x 4TB SATA III and 1 x 4TB M.2 SSDs. Pico 4 VR Headset - Honeycomb Alpha Yoke - Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Unit Thrustmaster TPR Rudder Pedals - Saitek Throttles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelorean Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 So just as an FYI, I'm guessing by "dedicated" you mean water only. That would be known as a float plane. Amphibious by definition means for both water and land. You're right! Now that you said it, I actually thought about the word "amphibious" and realized that you're correct in that it would mean both land and water. I did not know that water-only planes were called "float planes". This is a little off-topic for the thread, but I'm curious, what are the biggest and/or most extensive (or most expensive) amphibious or float planes that exist? Are there any jets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 This is a little off-topic for the thread, but I'm curious, what are the biggest and/or most extensive (or most expensive) amphibious or float planes that exist? Are there any jets? There are some pretty large sea planes out there, and some very large wing-in-ground effect ones too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShinMaywa_US-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan And for your own personal enjoyment, check out the Dornier Seastar. https://dornierseawings.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Don't forget the 1947 H-4 Hercules AKA Spruce Goose Crew: 3 Length: 218 ft 8 in (66.65 m) Wingspan: 320 ft 11 in (97.54 m) Height: 79 ft 4 in (24.18 m) Fuselage height: 30 ft (9.1 m) Loaded weight: 400,000 lb (180,000 kg) Powerplant: 8 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines, 4,000 hp (2,640 kW) each. Seaplane only aircraft Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparnold Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) What a pity MS couldn't have included the amphibian version to the C172 as XP did. All that was needed was the floats instead of undercarriage (modelling), and change of aircraft variants such as the undercarriage/floats dimensions which IMHO wouldn't have been too difficult. The Spruce Goose would have been a bit of overkill I think as it never flew too much - I was luckly to be able to visit the Evergreen Aircraft Museum in Oregon last year and see it. Edited August 31, 2020 by jparnold John Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Core i7-9700K 3.60 Ghz Dual 16Gb DDR4 2666 Gigabyte RTX2060 OC 6GB 2 X 256MB SSD drives 1 X 500GB HDD Windows 10 64bit Home Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarsier-VF33 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 This is a little off-topic for the thread, but I'm curious, what are the biggest and/or most extensive (or most expensive) amphibious or float planes that exist? Are there any jets? The Quest Kodiak is pretty awesome. I think about 6Million? Lionheart Creations made a very nice one for FSX and I think they are planning to re-release it for MSFS 2020 at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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