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The Canadair CL-415 is a marvel - one of the best models we've seen in the sim. The only issue with it so far is that you have to mouse-click on the water release button, which you can't do if the yoke is hidden. Does anyone know if there's an alternate click spot anywhere ?
 
One option you could do instead would be to use the emergency water release lever, which also drops the water at the same rate as if you were to use the switch on the yoke to empty all of the tanks at once.
 
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Just a few last shots of the '415 from me, at least for a while. I just love this thing. Built in-house by Asobo, with this level of detail and accuracy it's hard to go back to anything that's less than. Although you can really feel the weight when fully loaded with water and fuel, those turboprops sure provide a great amount of power and it becomes quite docile when not fully loaded.








 
On the list of who developed all of the new aircraft for MSFS 2024, the CL-415 is said to have been among those made in-house by Asobo themselves: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/msfs-2024-aircraft-lineup/646693/348

Jan, it does indeed scoop water. As per the real aircraft, there is a switch to lower/raise the probes (which you can see animated from the exterior too), and when you're in the water you have to be traveling at a steady rate for the water to be scooped up - around 50-70 kts seems to work well. To drop the water, you have to arm the system (arming switch), and there is also a rotary switch to control which tanks you want to release. When you're ready to release the water, then you simply push the release button on the yoke. Alternatively, there is also a large red emergency release lever which will also release all of the water out of the tanks. If you don't want to go through the process of scooping the water, you can also simply add it by adjusting the payload values.
 
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Jan, it does indeed scoop water. As per the real aircraft, there is a switch to lower/raise the probes (which you can see animated from the exterior too), and when you're in the water you have to be traveling at a steady rate for the water to be scooped up - around 50-70 kts seems to work well. To drop the water, you have to arm the system (arming switch), and there is also a rotary switch to control which tanks you want to release. When you're ready to release the water, then you simply push the release button on the yoke. Alternatively, there is also a large red emergency release lever which will also release all of the water out of the tanks. If you don't want to go through the process of scooping the water, you can also simply add it by adjusting the payload values.
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Thanks very much for your elaborate answer, John ! Sounds good !

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... )

Thanks again, John !
 
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