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Goodly evening all...

Keeping up my glassy water skills on floats...

FSX and Windows 7
FS Water Configurator...set to Steves Favourite Settings
Aerosoft DHC-2 Beaver...Payware
Season is Autumn and a morning flight...
Location:  One of the many camps in Alaska, United States  and available from MoCat's Snow Dog Tours
               
Lots of Freeware right here on the Simviation Download Site...

Push-off dock...


Back in the office...


Engine On...little smoke...fisherman on deck watching me depart...


Take-Off Flaps...Unsticking the Port Float first...


Bye...



Comments and advice most welcome...

Doug, the first three shots are simply excellent ! Well done.
Fantastic colors, very good view angles, very good choice of plane and repaint, excellent choice of scenery and finally, very good sky/weather. You're learning fast  8-)

The forth shot is quite funny I have to say, and the last one looks just good.

Good job !

Hey thanks Stephane "Daube"...

I have an excellent instructor who I must owe a case of wine and a lot of cheese too.
And no...he is not going to talk me into jumping out of perfectly good aeroplanes with a bed sheet (parachute) fluttering over my head like he does...

Shot #4

Most Float Aviators will lift or unstick one float first on takeoff especially on glassy water.
I lifted the port float first and then when both were off the water I made a slight course correction while still picking up airspeed.

Perhaps that is why the shot looks funny...

Now while I am on that float flying subject have you heard any more about the Float Flying Club that was formed in France this year?
A new club and the first Float/Seaplane Club in France in many years.

Shot #5

Was not even going to show this shot as I thought I cut off too much of the aircraft, however the more I looked at it the more I liked it.
Not sure how I would improve this one other than showing more of the aircraft.

The round hatch cover you see on the belly of the aircraft near the rear is probably a hatch cover for when they mounted a camera when the aircraft was used for surveillance or aerial surveying/mapping.

The DeHavilland DHC-3 single engine Otter had the same hatch cover for a camera.

Thanks again Stephane "Daube" for all the help...

Huhu, no problems Doug

Hi Stephane "Daube"

With regards to moving the camera in closer to the front of the float I ran into this problem.

The + and - Keys would not let me get closer than what you see.

If I used the Key Pad number Keys they would move the camera too far towards the back of the aircraft and I could not get the engine shot I wanted.

I tried moving the camera with the Space Bar and mouse but the shot I got was the best I could do.

Hope you get that local mayor straightened out, there are lots of clowns like him around.

Wish that new float/seaplane club all the best, it looks like general aviation is picking up a bit there and there is a little more money around...

Fantastic shots.

Thanks FoxThree...much appreciated...