Post by Jug-Head on Mar 21, 2018 16:20:41 GMT
What a plane!
First let me say how much I enjoy flying this beast, especially the amphibious version. I first started flying this aircraft over decade ago when the Mid Atlantic Air Museum released a version (for fsx) in support of Dick Folsom's project to bring back the amphibious C47. I even built a panel to go with it.
The Vskylabs version is by far the better model. The low speed handling with 50% flaps is challenging but very similar to pilots description of flying the real thing. I read the manual and tested all the systems (except icing) and did not run into any problems. Half the fun is figuring things out on our own.
In my virtual world, I fly emergency cargo out of Juneau AK to remote outposts and of course, certain details might be more important to me that to others.
1- When the seats are removed, it would be nice if the net weight was updated automatically, 23 seats at about 70 lbs each makes a difference, that's the payload of a Beaver.
2- Also I went to the back of the plane and tried to open the cargo door to no avail, I think it is stuck, could you look into that? It is really difficult to get all that cargo in and out through the pilot's window.
I look forward to the updated model with more accurate weight and balance and the extra float fuel tanks.
Thank you very much for a great classic.
First let me say how much I enjoy flying this beast, especially the amphibious version. I first started flying this aircraft over decade ago when the Mid Atlantic Air Museum released a version (for fsx) in support of Dick Folsom's project to bring back the amphibious C47. I even built a panel to go with it.
The Vskylabs version is by far the better model. The low speed handling with 50% flaps is challenging but very similar to pilots description of flying the real thing. I read the manual and tested all the systems (except icing) and did not run into any problems. Half the fun is figuring things out on our own.
In my virtual world, I fly emergency cargo out of Juneau AK to remote outposts and of course, certain details might be more important to me that to others.
1- When the seats are removed, it would be nice if the net weight was updated automatically, 23 seats at about 70 lbs each makes a difference, that's the payload of a Beaver.
2- Also I went to the back of the plane and tried to open the cargo door to no avail, I think it is stuck, could you look into that? It is really difficult to get all that cargo in and out through the pilot's window.
I look forward to the updated model with more accurate weight and balance and the extra float fuel tanks.
Thank you very much for a great classic.
