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Javis said:
One more inquiry if i may.. : does the cockpit have an indicator of some kind to gauge the amount of water that has been scooped up sofar ? (i can imagine the real CL-415 must have such an important gauge. By your comments i am sure you are very impressed by this particular Asobo model. Interesting to know how far Asobo went with the fidelity. I suppose not done without 100% dedication to setup such a gauge... )
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Hi Jan, yes there are four separate indicators at the top of the instrument panel (one for each water tank), which shows in bars how much water is in the tanks. When scooping the water, the rate at which the water is taken-in changes based on your speed - too slow and it won't intake water, and if going too fast it won't intake much water either (the water mostly passing around the small scoops/probes at that point). It's quite a treat that they took that into account. I only wish there was a simple in-sim key binding so that you could release the water while already being on the outside of the aircraft. On the MSFS official forums, one user did provide all of the unique names of the bindings for the water scooping/water release functions for those that use the program SPAD.next to assign controller bindings, for which then one can assign a controller button to release the water that way.
 
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Ferry_vO said:
Dutch F-16 Farewell flight:

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I've always enjoyed seen your shots over the years. You're one of the people who inspired me to take nice pics :)
 
Bomber_12th said:
Hi Jan, yes there are four separate indicators at the top of the instrument panel (one for each water tank), which shows in bars how much water is in the tanks. When scooping the water, the rate at which the water is taken-in changes based on your speed - too slow and it won't intake water, and if going too fast it won't intake much water either (the water mostly passing around the small scoops/probes at that point). It's quite a treat that they took that into account. I only wish there was a simple in-sim key binding so that you could release the water while already being on the outside of the aircraft. On the MSFS official forums, one user did provide all of the unique names of the bindings for the water scooping/water release functions for those that use the program SPAD.next to assign controller bindings, for which then one can assign a controller button to release the water that way.
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Fantastic ! Thanks John ! :encouragement:

'Normally' this kind of "finishing touches or dotting the i's" are usually forgotten( i.e. too complicated to apply) or left to the imagination of the pilot while they would make a model just that more desirable and special. It proves the great involvement, enthusiasm and dedication that the developer has put in his project. Usually the trigger for me to pull my credit card ;-)

Even four seperate indicators to keep an eye on the water intake is really very cool ! Seeing the water being dropped in external view is a must if you ask me (preferable during Fly-By view but that's another story.. ;-), bummer indeed there's no key for it but great to know SPAD.next can take care of that (a bit pricey.... but if i can make canopies open/close while in external view as well i'd love to get it).

Now to see how to get that Super Scooper in the first place. Thanks a lot again, John, i'm sure this is gonna be fun ! :cool:

(oh.... the (visible) fire WILL be killed when the water is dropped correctly, right ?... ;-)
 
Javis said:
Now to see how to get that Super Scooper in the first place. Thanks a lot again, John, i'm sure this is gonna be fun ! :cool:

(oh.... the (visible) fire WILL be killed when the water is dropped correctly, right ?... ;-)
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The only way to get the CL-415 in MSFS 2020 is by pre-ordering MSFS 2024, and then it is added to your MSFS 2020 account for free. I pre-ordered '2024 last Friday from the Microsoft Store app, and the CL-415 was made available in my MSFS content manager roughly four hours later.

With regard to putting out fires, I haven't tried it with any of the fire fighting addons, like Aero Fire Global, so I cannot comment as to whether or not it works. Of course fire fighting with the CL-415 is one of the key aspects that has been showcased in the missions incorporated into the new MSFS 2024 career mode.
 
Bomber_12th said:
The only way to get the CL-415 in MSFS 2020 is by pre-ordering MSFS 2024, and then it is added to your MSFS 2020 account for free. I pre-ordered '2024 last Friday from the Microsoft Store app, and the CL-415 was made available in my MSFS content manager roughly four hours later.

With regard to putting out fires, I haven't tried it with any of the fire fighting addons, like Aero Fire Global, so I cannot comment as to whether or not it works. Of course fire fighting with the CL-415 is one of the key aspects that has been showcased in the missions incorporated into the new MSFS 2024 career mode.
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Thanks John ! Yes, i read about that, the thing is i like to get my copy of MSFS24 from Steam. Just like i did with the current MSFS. Never regretted it. I'll see what Steam says about that. I do like to get the CL-415 right now but i won't mind waiting for it that much neither. Build up the tension ;-)

I always thought fire-fighting would be a fantastic opportunity in FS but actually killing a fire was never possible until a third party made it finally happen. Yes, releasing fire-fighting missions in MSFS24 without seeing the fires actually die out would be rather embarrassing for Asobo, wouldn't it. In any case, forgetting about the Fly-By camera debacle, the fire-fighting missions will be atleast something for me to look forward too ! ( preferably flying the A-26 and/or B-25. About time we'd be able to welcome them anyway, wouldn't it ! ;-)
 
Jan, you get the CL-415 with Steam too. I pre-ordered MSFS2024 Premium Delux on Steam, and the aircraft was there in FS2020's content manager next time I started it up. It really is a terrific model.
 
ryanbatc said:
I've always enjoyed seen your shots over the years. You're one of the people who inspired me to take nice pics :)
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Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot. I guess Fs lets me take aircraft 'photos' in a way I'm not able to in real life.
 
Earlier this week we lost Martin Schröder, former pilot and founder of Martinair, aged 93. Whole generations of Dutch flew to the sun on one of his airliners, including myself.

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