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FSX Contact points question.

Alky

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I find that my FSX Carenado C-185 amphibian rides to low in the water. At it's lowest point while floating, the back half of the pontoons are submerged. I'm not a real life pilot and have had very little experience in watching a plane float, but it just doesn't seem right.
If someone could direct me to the line in the contacts list that I would need to adjust, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you. :)
 
hairyspin

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You need the float points, all of which will start with a 4 as the first entry, the following from the stock Grumman Goose:–

Code: 
//FLOATS
point.3=  4,   5.1, -1.8,  -3.9, 2500, 0, 0.0,    0, 0.50, 2.5, 0.70, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0, 0
point.4=  4,   5.1,  1.8,  -3.9, 2500, 0, 0.0,    0, 0.50, 2.5, 0.70, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0, 0
point.5=  4, -15.3, -1.8,  -2.1, 2500, 0, 0.0,    0, 0.50, 2.5, 0.70, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0, 0
point.6=  4, -15.3,  1.8,  -2.1, 2500, 0, 0.0,    0, 0.50, 2.5, 0.70, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0, 0

and the numbers following are each contact point's position fore/aft, left/right and up/down relative to the model centre.

point.3 is 5.1ft forward, 1.8ft left (negative value) and 1.8ft down (negative again) from the model centre.
point.6 is 15.3ft aft, 1.8ft right and 2.1ft down from the model centre

If the Goose had the problem you describe, I would adjust the up/down values for the rear float points which are points 5 and 6 above, making the float point lower than used, by perhaps 0.3ft (about 4 inches): this would make the up/down value -2.4ft. The lower the float points, the higher the model floats in the water.

You'll need to experiment, but that's the basics and save a backup copy of the original aircraft.cfg before you start!
 
Alky

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hairyspin said:
You'll need to experiment, but that's the basics and save a backup copy of the original aircraft.cfg before you start!
Click to expand...

Thank you very much! That certainly gives me the info to work with. :)
Much appreciated.
 
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