Mt Cook Goose

[jankees]

jk4095 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

jk4101 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

jk4103 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

jk4091 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

jk4092 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

[Charl]

Nice job JK.
There's an added quality to these screenshots which I thought could only be the model quality.
I may be right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_96A9dy--M&t=2161s

Any moment now one would be tempted to buy it. And the sim. And the computer.

[cowpatz]

Nice job JK.
There's an added quality to these screenshots which I thought could only be the model quality.
I may be right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_96A9dy--M&t=2161s

Any moment now one would be tempted to buy it. And the sim. And the computer.

I'm in the same boat but I d0 dispair when I see things like update 9 being about 10 gig in size

[emfrat]

It would be nice having flying boats that actually float in the water, rather than sitting on top of it, but there are other reasons I won't be going to MSFS.
ATB

[cowpatz]

It would be nice having flying boats that actually float in the water, rather than sitting on top of it, but there are other reasons I won't be going to MSFS.
ATB

You mean as in the first image? It seems accurate (at least when stationary). It may not be as accurate when on the move but by an large its not too bad IMHO.

[emfrat]

You mean as in the first image? It seems accurate (at least when stationary). It may not be as accurate when on the move but by an large its not too bad IMHO.

Exactly.

That first shot is a beauty. In my FSX and also my FS9.1 Classic, all the flying boats from the 6-engined Latecoere down sat on the water, and the wingtip floats barely got wet. I was one of many who tried adjusting the contact points to get a more realistic waterline. Trouble was if you got the plane to sit down, the flight dynamics didn't have enough oomph to get it moving for take-off.

ATB

[Splitpin]

Great shots JK, Look at #2, the way the shadow folds around the wake..... I'm a long way off MSFS at the moment, but I never get tired of looking at the screens.
Keep them coming JK and others

[emfrat]

P G Taylor often mentions being blinded by the water thrown up over the nose of a PBY in the early stages of a heavy takeoff. Once you get 'on the step' it clears. I saw the Catalina at Wanaka a few years back, and it was just as Taylor described.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx13khTTtJ0