That Freeware Grumman Duck...

[petermcleland]

I really enjoyed my first flight in this freeware machine at McLeland Seaplane Base.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGtDr3KuBB4

It has a rather unique feel and is laterally a bit pendulous, but I think you might expect that with the big hull.
I like the look of it a lot and would like to see an AI Traffic version popping in and out of the Seaplane Base...I think I will make a special Traffic Version for that purpose and I also think I will base it over at the Marine Services pontoon.

If you have a slowish Broadband which causes buffering pauses, click the Pause icon in the bottom left corner, then click the resolution up to 1080p...Now WAIT as the pink band moves from left to right, till it gets about halfway across. Now click that same Pause icon to start it running again and finally click the Full Screen icon at bottom right...It should now run through without further pausing.

At the end you will see a "Replay" button...If you click that you will get an uninterupted full screen replay!

Thanks for looking

[Chris Trott]

Hrm... me thinks we need better sounds for that than the default DC-3. Not enough prop in that. SBD Dauntless has the same engine and prop, so it or something similar would give the right sound.

The video is cracking as usual though.

[petermcleland]

Hrm... me thinks we need better sounds for that than the default DC-3. Not enough prop in that. SBD Dauntless has the same engine and prop, so it or something similar would give the right sound.

Yes Chris I agree, I shall be fitting a suitable sound set including water noise. That was my first flight straight out of download and I have not even seen the cfg files yet

[Chris Trott]

May be hard to find one with the right water noise. Maybe the Goose? The hulls are similar. They have similar engines, but not quite the same.

[FlyTexas]

Here's the latest suggestion from Sim-Outhouse regarding the sounds issue. This works for me in FSX, except for the 'Star Trek' canopy sounds, though I'd love a sounds set which have realistic sounds of water beating against the pontoon and floats.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/s ... ear-Sounds

Brian

[petermcleland]

I've improved the Grumman Duck's engine and water sounds:-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2J4EB3R5xA

Same instructions as before