Boeing B-314 "The Clipper" released!

There's a set of water airports for Kodiak Island that, if I remember correctly, has wet parking spots. But they're a bit on the small side for something of this scale. If we're ever going to get anything close to getting a proper CL-415 or even a ShinMaywa S-2, then someone's going to need to step up and get some wet dock spots. VRMM in the Maldives is especially in need of wet spots, since there are Twotter floatplanes operating from that location to ferry vacationers to the various small islands that aren't big enough for a regular airstrip.
 
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If it's of any use, here's a 15 page pdf list of all the water runways in MSFS which I downloaded ages ago and I can't remember where from - my apologies to the original author.
 

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The pdf may prove handy, but don't forget you can filter the available airports in the World Map to only show wet strips.
 
There is a thread running in Avsim in which the Developer is objecting to the Jonathon Beckett [sp] review & refund request.
There is another video review link just posted there too.
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There is much the developer can do to improve the textures and physical look of the aircraft.
 
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That first reviewer didn't do much of a review now , did he.
And asking for a refund while there was clearly indicated that the product is still developing , is outright silly imho.
I dont think that much of these youtube reviewers tbh.
They are all a bit to much "followers and likes" horny to me.
 
I really enjoyed Jons dive into the An-225 when it released,it's sad that this is his response to the 314. I think there was a fair amount of misinterpretation on both sides of the coin. To me I understood what "study level concept" and "some features incomplete" meant from the gun and knew what I was getting.
Pilots has a reputation with the 314 that eventually things will get fixed and we should have faith in that, that but this was one of the bigger concerns I had with the market for this platform. Most of us are elder flightsimmers who recall vividly the days before FS2004 even, but there's so many new folks around that may not understand how it goes sometimes with certain projects.
 
I got the model because I am an old fan of the Clipper. Granted, there are some things missing and things that can be improved but my feeling is that they will in due time. Overall it looks and flies good.
 
The video reviewer:

1) Literally didn't read the description page closely enough. That's on him, though i will cede that Pilot's would have been better-served with a large "Early Access" label.

2) Realizes the value of a contrary/controversial opinion as clickbait, but perhaps not the long-term negative repercussions.

The B-314 has some quirks. But (1) Pilot's says right on the page that features are still under development, and (2) I know from owning the FSX 314 that they will indeed keep improving it. And they priced it reasonably -- the "full" version of the FSX/P3D 314 used to be pretty expensive. (I'm feeling it was in the $70-80 range?)

I'm certainly having fun with it. It's not perfect, but it's a fascinating chance to recreate flying one of the cooler aircraft of the late 1930's.
 
What, a.o., keeps me from buying the Clipper is the "hoppin and boppin style" of taxiing. That looks particularly awkward to me. That poor big waterbird is clearly not happy ! It should be gently and gracefully sail across the water like a swan. Not like a sick duck that is obviously suffering from the constant hiccup syndrome. The other big waterbird, Howard Hughes brainchild, doesn't do that !

It very much looks like something's terribly wrong with the contact points. Even inside there's evidence of that by the constant shaking about of the turn coordinator ball. As soon as it is airborne the shaking about stops.

Yesterday i have read that there must be a contactpoints mod available for the Clipper. I cannot seem to find it at fs.to. Does anyone here perhaps know about it and if so, does it fix the hoppin and boppin taxi behaviour ?

Thanks very much for any hints/tips !
 
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What, a.o., keeps me from buying the Clipper is the "hoppin and boppin style" of taxiing. That looks particularly awkward to me. That poor big waterbird is clearly not happy ! It should be gently and gracefully sail across the water like a swan. Not like a sick duck that is obviously suffering from the constant hiccup syndrome. The other big waterbird, Howard Hughes brainchild, doesn't do that !

It very much looks like something's terribly wrong with the contact points. Even inside there's evidence of that by the constant shaking about of the turn coordinator ball. As soon as it is airborne the shaking about stops.

Yesterday i have read that there must be a contactpoints mod available for the Clipper. I cannot seem to find it at fs.to. Does anyone here perhaps know about it and if so, does it fix the hoppin and boppin taxi behaviour ?

Thanks very much for any hints/tips !
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Hey Jan,
maybe this i found here:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/...oeing-b314-the-clipper-flying-boat/408190/102

Here is what I changed on the flight model:
point.11= 4, -6.160041, 0, -7.458217, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.25, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
;point.11= 4, -6.160041, 0, -7.758217, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.25, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ;original
point.12= 4, -38.278723, 0, -7.458195, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
;point.12= 4, -38.278723, 0, -7.758195, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ;original
point.13= 4, -70.974108, 0, -1.459247, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
;point.13= 4, -70.974108, 0, -6.759247, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ;original
;point.14= 4, -70.974108, 0, -6.759247, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
;point.15= 5, -72.115259, 0, -6.759248, 3500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ; water rudder (original)
point.14= 5, -72.115259, 0, -6.759248, 3500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ; water rudder

Cheers Ralf
 
banjoman1960 said:
Hey Jan,maybe this i found here:https://forums.flightsimulator.com/...oeing-b314-the-clipper-flying-boat/408190/102Here is what I changed on the flight model:point.11= 4, -6.160041, 0, -7.458217, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.25, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1;point.11= 4, -6.160041, 0, -7.758217, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.25, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ;originalpoint.12= 4, -38.278723, 0, -7.458195, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1;point.12= 4, -38.278723, 0, -7.758195, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ;originalpoint.13= 4, -70.974108, 0, -1.459247, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1;point.13= 4, -70.974108, 0, -6.759247, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ;original;point.14= 4, -70.974108, 0, -6.759247, 3500, 0, 0.1, 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1;point.15= 5, -72.115259, 0, -6.759248, 3500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ; water rudder (original)point.14= 5, -72.115259, 0, -6.759248, 3500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ; water rudderCheers Ralf
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The developer seems to state in the thread, that fixes and improvements would cost more and that an update might be out shortly. This may mean that a study sim version is going to cost more.
 
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