Caravan?

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Caravan?

Postby born_2_fly » Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:50 am

ok so why on the defaulf cessna caravan info list does it say it can land on water? look if you want it does but when you try is stuffs up?!!!any help?

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Re: Caravan?

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:07 am

Okay, here is my procedures list for landing her;
wheels up?
flaps down?
speed 120?
glide path shallow (less than 10')?
throttle back.
hit water!
deploy full flaps, and let her stop.
jump in the water for a nice swim ;D

No problem.

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Re: Caravan?

Postby Ivan » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:58 am

Set prop full forward before landing and use thrust reverse when landed
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Re: Caravan?

Postby zcottovision » Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:42 am

It's possible to land pretty much anything on water if you're careful enough. The problem, however, is making it stay afloat!
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Re: Caravan?

Postby Splash » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:36 pm

The problem, however, is making it stay afloat!


;D ;D ;D  Since I am a big fan of float planes, I try to land everything on the water at some point in a flight just for the fun of it.  What you stated zcottovision is sooooo true.  lol  I usually end up with a big "Splash".

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Re: Caravan?

Postby Travis » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:41 pm

I, too, try to land everything in the water, but I usually just "touch-and-go" and get back in the air.

I've even gone to the extent to create extra aircraft.cfg files with floats added for every aircraft in my hangar!  A P-51  looks kind of odd floating on water . . .
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Re: Caravan?

Postby Splash » Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:34 pm

I've even gone to the extent to create extra aircraft.cfg files with floats added for every aircraft


;D ;D ;D  Now thats very interesting.  I usually just try to see how long I can stay afloat.  Can you put floats on a 747?

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Re: Caravan?

Postby Travis » Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:00 pm

Absolutely! I add four float points to the bottom of the jet, and then two on the outermost engines for balance.  A little tricky if you have crash damage on, but it really looks cool when you pull it off . . . ;D

I'll try to get some screenies of this stuff soon.
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Re: Caravan?

Postby Splash » Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:09 pm

;D ;D ;D  Ha Ha   Yep, would certainly like to see that!!!!!

That would be a lot of fun to try

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Re: Caravan?

Postby born_2_fly » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:26 pm

sorry guys im talking bout the caravan not the caravan amphibion! sorry if you got the rong idea!
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Re: Caravan?

Postby born_2_fly » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:28 pm

this is from the manual!

Wherever you want to go today, the Cessna Caravan can get you there. First introduced by Cessna in 1985, the Caravan was designed to land nearly anywhere, on land or water.
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Re: Caravan?

Postby Hagar » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:41 pm

There are 2 versions of the Cessna Caravan in FS2002 Pro. The C-208B Grand Caravan is the landplane version. The Caravan Amphibian can operate from land or water.
http://grandcaravan.cessna.com/
http://caravan.cessna.com/amphibian.chtml
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