Why do my seaplanes, when loaded, just bob and flip over with zero input from me?

Question

No matter what I try when I load my Skyhawk on floats even at idle and gear retracted in smooth conditions the plane just bobs around and in a few seconds flips over. I seem to have no aerodynamic control at all. I tried adjusting the response curves to no avail. I assume I

Comments

I think the "water physics" model isn't very realistic: Just crash into the water to see what happens.

Answer 1

Hi Mike

I'm not with Laminar Research, just a fellow simmer in the UK, but once you've loaded your seaplane aircraft onto a body of water, click on the 'flight configuration' option, then click on the customize button in the weather section, then check 'wave height' under the heading 'Bodies of Water'. Please see photo below for guidance.

I had my wave height option simply set to 1ft and the aircraft bobbed about all over the place!!

There is one other thing that I haven't been able to fix yet, and that relates to aircraft movement across the water surface, even though there's no wind blowing??

Hope this helps

Regards