Buzzing about...

[Flying Trucker]

Goodly afternoon all...

Well I did a short flight from Orillia (J4W) to Lake Simcoe Reg'l with a fly by Orillia (Mara) CNE2 which has a closed 3000ft runway.

These locations are in Ontario, Canada...

The trip has several waypoints and not direct by any means.
However the Nav Log said 19.4nm and a duration of 8 minutes even with the waypoints added.

The trip would probably take two to three hours by land vehicle and I stretched the trip to just over a hour by doing several water touch and goes...lots of fun...

FSX and Vista
FS Water Configurator set to FSX Default
HDE Clouds
3D Lights
Location:

[patchz]

Very nice Doug. I especially like the first two and the last two.

But shouldn't the water rudders be in the up position in #2?

[Flying Trucker]

Hi Larry...

Thanks for your comments...

I typed an explanation just above the shot which I bet you missed...

In shot two I had already done two or three approaches and takeoffs on the water and the hard surface runway.

I meant to drop the gear and instead dropped the water rudders which I immediately caught.

I was going to land on the grass strip but my first approach was way too fast and then my second approach some A1 traffic distracted me so I carried on with the flight plan.

In a real aircraft you will know when you takeoff or land with the water rudders down...believe me...

Not sure if the FSX program simulates that or not...shall have to give it a try just for fun...

[patchz]

Hi Larry...

Thanks for your comments...

I typed an explanation just above the shot which I bet you missed...

In shot two I had already done two or three approaches and takeoffs on the water and the hard surface runway.

I meant to drop the gear and instead dropped the water rudders which I immediately caught.

I was going to land on the grass strip but my first approach was way too fast and then my second approach some A1 traffic distracted me so I carried on with the flight plan.

In a real aircraft you will know when you takeoff or land with the water rudders down...believe me...

Not sure if the FSX program simulates that or not...shall have to give it a try just for fun...

You're right Doug, I missed it. I read the text at the top, but did not notice the text between the shots. 

[Flying Trucker]

Goodly morning all...

I am wondering if I am leaving enough space between my pictures?

Think it is three spaces and then I type on the third...

[patchz]

I don't think the problem is on your side Doug. I think it's a matter of getting in too big of a hurry and not paying enough attention to detail. Nasty habit.

[pfevrier]

Shot #2 is my favorite, it looks like a busy lil' airport 

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks Larry...you are one busy fella though...don't know how you do it...a lot of your time is going to be taken up here keeping us in line...

Thanks Pierre...they have a great airport and water aerodrome...I do believe one can still obtain their Float Endorsement there...

They used to use Cessna 172s and Cessna 185s on floats for training, not sure about that now...

[CHUCK79]

Great shots Doug.........your sim is lookin' sharp 8-)

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks Chuck...much appreciated...