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Hi!
Does anybody know where I can find the Convair R3Y Tradewind flying boat for FS 9?
The only ones I have discovered are fo FSX.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

tinpusher wrote:Hi!
Does anybody know where I can find the Convair R3Y Tradewind flying boat for FS 9?
The only ones I have discovered are fo FSX.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Have you looked in AVSIM or try Goggling CONVAIR R3Y for FS9

Hi Gary!
Yes, I surfed and searched without succes.
Virtavia have a beautiful R3Y but alas for FSX only.
As a matter of fact I do have FSX installed, but it runs awful due to the low specs of my present computer.
Think I will have to live on without the R3Y-2 (or buy a better computer).
Thanks for your help.

tinpusher wrote:Hi Gary!
Yes, I surfed and searched without succes.
Virtavia have a beautiful R3Y but alas for FSX only.
As a matter of fact I do have FSX installed, but it runs awful due to the low specs of my present computer.
Think I will have to live on without the R3Y-2 (or buy a better computer).
Thanks for your help.

Unfortunately this is the case with a lot of stuff ever since FSX came out every one stopped making things for FS9
Your only hope is to try to get some one to make it for you I am pretty sure AVSIM has a forum where you can request things like this. Granted the chance
of you actually getting one are still slim but it is better than none at all.

Hi Tinpusher,

Just curious.. have you downloaded and tryed Alphas (PBY Catalina 5 and 5A) yet? She's a real beauty!

Here: http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=PBY+Catalina&x=24&y=15

Dwayne

BLAZE wrote:Hi Tinpusher,

Just curious.. have you downloaded and tryed Alphas (PBY Catalina 5 and 5A) yet? She's a real beauty!

Here: http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=PBY+Catalina&x=24&y=15

Dwayne

Yes Dwayne, I have the PBY-5 and -5A's (including the updates) in my inventory.
Amazing aircraft and very nice textureset.
There is a number of vintage piston and jet flying boats and seaplanes (Martin, Short, Sikorsky, Grumman, Dornier, Beriev and Fokker) in my FS9 hangar and I do fly them quite often.
I got addicted to flying boats since I had the opportunity long ago to fly as a passenger on the only still airworthy PBY-5A in my home country (Holland). It was quite an experience; all rattling and banging. A waterlanding and take-off was included in the deal, something never to forget.
Still fixed on acquiring the R3Y-2 however....
Regards,
Ron

Yes, I to share your love of those flying boats. Something about taking off and landing on water, also those type aircraft have pretty cool
VC's. I like those upper controls for one.

Hey, here's a question.. why do flying boats have there throttle and trim controls on the ceiling instead of the floor like land planes? I
wonder.

Hi,
It might have to do with shoulderwinged aircraft (shortest connection to the engines).
Not all flyingboats have the throttles in the flightdeck ceiling e.g. the Short series have the controles in a pedestal.
Moreover some landbased aircraft are equipped with throttles in the ceiling, Grumman S2F, Lockheed Neptune and De Havilland Twin Otter.
I simply have no idea either.
Regards.