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... it's a great little plane (don't tell Fozzer!) but I can't work something out on it. I can lower the wing floats and land in the water, but after I take off again, they won't retract. What do I need to be doing, because with the floats down, there's too much drag to stay in the air for long!

Thanks all.

... it's a great little plane (don't tell Fozzer!) but I can't work something out on it. I can lower the wing floats and land in the water, but after I take off again, they won't retract. What do I need to be doing, because with the floats down, there's too much drag to stay in the air for long!

Thanks all.

Hello Micro.....!

On the left-hand side of the Cockpit you will notice a length of string wound around a rivet.
Attached to the string is a lead weight, with the other end attached to the outboard Floats.
Unwind the string, and this will allow the weight to fall, thus causing the outboard Floats to retract.

...probably... ...!

F.............!

(I had to re-load the aircraft to get it to lift off the water, so if there is another method, either that the "string technique", I would also be glad to hear about it...).... ...!

Ho there Mic.........if like me you have the FN33.zip from here on SimV  2004 Props page 155 then I have no problem with the raising or lowering the floats........forward slash (/) toggles them up or down for me......just a quick blip is all that it takes, no more or you get them going back up/down again..........hope that helps as I don't see a problem unless you have a different model.............(that or the lead weight fell off   )

see yah....commoner

...I must admit, I've got rather used to the "String Method" now, comm....

F.......!

...just going for a "slash"... ...!

Thanks, commoner - works a treat!

Mind you, being Welsh, I can confirm that we have other things to do with bits of string... but then you being on the Welsh Marches Paul, you'd know about that!