Orbx Flyer Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 ....the answer is yes...at over 6,000 feet! Repair the engine...and then do a downhill slide...and get off the pontoons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 This is fun, I did it with a 747. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 9 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: This is fun, I did it with a 747. Did you get back up? I wanted to test (curious mind..for real world events...) if pontoons...not skis meant to skim and land on snow/ice fields.. could...in a serious life-death emergency...not only land...but be able to power-off, the ice field. I did...and what a rush/hoot. Did your wheels not sink into the snow, as you see my pontoon bodies have done. My pontoons were not merely resting on a hard snow 'looking' surface...so, do you remember Jack..did your landing gear tire sit ON the snow field..or did they sink into it? Curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Thanks, lain...I've decided, that P3D v5HF3 and whatever else comes in the series, will NOT be coming off my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 46 minutes ago, Orbx Flyer said: Did you get back up? Jack..did your landing gear tire sit ON the snow field..or did they sink into it? Curious. I didn't try to take off from the ice Mitch. I can't remember if the wheels sat on the ice, I think they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: I didn't try to take off from the ice Mitch. I can't remember if the wheels sat on the ice, I think they did. You can see, that my pontoon 'V' hull sank into the ice field...so it appears that that ice field texture is not a 'baked hard surface'...or would seem so. I truly didn't know if the Beaver would flip end over end...as it would have done had I landed on earth/terrain. There...is will at 70 knots. Here...I just slid, as you would expect those pontoons to do...and then I came to a rest. I also wonder...if this WOULD have been a real life engine emergency...and this would have been a true landing gear/pontoon amphib...would you NOT want to lower your non TERRAIN landing gear...for fear they would plow and dig into the snow...thereby flipping you over...would you want to land gear up...onto your pontoons...and I wonder if anybody in real life has ever had to make that decision....you know...inquiring minds...and drinking morning coffee.... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Orbx Flyer said: You can see, that my pontoon 'V' hull sank into the ice field...so it appears that that ice field texture is not a 'baked hard surface'...or would seem so. I truly didn't know if the Beaver would flip end over end...as it would have done had I landed on earth/terrain. There...is will at 70 knots. Here...I just slid, as you would expect those pontoons to do...and then I came to a rest. I also wonder...if this WOULD have been a real life engine emergency...and this would have been a true landing gear/pontoon amphib...would you NOT want to lower your non TERRAIN landing gear...for fear they would plow and dig into the snow...thereby flipping you over...would you want to land gear up...onto your pontoons...and I wonder if anybody in real life has ever had to make that decision....you know...inquiring minds...and drinking morning coffee.... Cheers! Dunno, I imagine there has to be a YouTube on it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_R Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 If you guys are interested in the history of Kenmore Air, you might like "Success on the Step" by Faure which describes a number of co-founder Bob Munro's glacier landings. These were typically to service glacier research teams. Several nice historical pics, including one of N9776Z on a glacier. This was Munro's favorite DHC2, the one he used on his most heroic flights and the one modeled for FSX. That aircraft is still in the Kenmore fleet, and at least as of a couple of years ago looks like it just came out of the restoration shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Great shots, with these colours and sharpness. Plus some nice flight action as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, Stillwater said: Great shots, with these colours and sharpness. Plus some nice flight action as well... Thanks, Gerold...was certainly a fun and discovery flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 10 hours ago, Orbx Flyer said: You can see, that my pontoon 'V' hull sank into the ice field...so it appears that that ice field texture is not a 'baked hard surface'...or would seem so. I truly didn't know if the Beaver would flip end over end...as it would have done had I landed on earth/terrain. There...is will at 70 knots. Here...I just slid, as you would expect those pontoons to do...and then I came to a rest. I also wonder...if this WOULD have been a real life engine emergency...and this would have been a true landing gear/pontoon amphib...would you NOT want to lower your non TERRAIN landing gear...for fear they would plow and dig into the snow...thereby flipping you over...would you want to land gear up...onto your pontoons...and I wonder if anybody in real life has ever had to make that decision....you know...inquiring minds...and drinking morning coffee.... Cheers! Great shots. But I think in real life you still be looking for fire wood up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musterpilot Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Very nice shots John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 16 hours ago, flyingleaf said: Great shots. But I think in real life you still be looking for fire wood up there. ...but, you'd have the ability to LOOK for that wood...and not be thirty parts spread over Sunday...!!!! Post Edit....if I ever won a few million or even a few hundred thousand dollars...I said to my wife that my number one choice of a plane for the family, without doubt or a second's hesitation...would be the Quest Kodiak Amphibian (from the factory) painted in their offered yellow body panels. This would be the only plane my wife would feel safe to fly with me in..(and she has stated that looking at me simming over my shoulder). She said that you could land that anywhere along any destination flight path...always some lake or river...to set her down in. I agree...to be able to land other than only safely at airports (roads and highways, are not barrier free!) would have me owning this plane for private G.A. I only need the lottery win....and the factory would get my order! Like lightning....zap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 13 hours ago, musterpilot said: Very nice shots John Thank's John...glad you enjoyed viewing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Great pictures! Nothing more beautiful than snow capped mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Captain Lars said: Great pictures! Nothing more beautiful than snow capped mountains. ....and the snow lead flow down...Orbx did such a great job on that...looks totally real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 8/2/2020 at 7:08 AM, Orbx Flyer said: .would be the Quest Kodiak Amphibian (from the factory) painted in their offered yellow body panels I'd prefer a 747. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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