PC flight sims Floatplane add ons for fun gaming?

[Road Trip]

I was wondering what others were using these days on their PCs to do some fun gaming/flying? I want to find a good floatplane add on for MS flight sim or X plane or if there is a newer better sim out there I'm all ears.

Right now I've got MS 2004 a century of flight. I have one floatplane add on a Maule M5. I tried a couple years ago to upgrade to FS X but my machine couldn't handle it. I may be upgrading my desktop soon so I may be able to run FS X now.

[dustbunnies]

just the flight sim X, it has a beaver and it should be more than enough to feed your sim float plane hunger

[Highflyinpilot]

Go here, www.carenado.com

They made a 206 on floats, and also a 172 on floats, along with skies and wheels.

[Road Trip]

I did find this DHC-6 Twin otter sim

http://www.amazon.com/DHC-6-Twin-Otter- ... B0019GZ93W

Anyone familiar with it or know of a better one? I found a 400 series twin otter sim a few month back but it only came in a wheels version.

I do have a free download of a Beaver on floats for MS 2004 but I could never get it to install/work.

[The Old Fogducker]

You might find it quite an eye-opener to poke around at www.mycockpit.org and see what people are doing in their basements and garages.

OFD

[Highflyinpilot]

[quote="The Old Fogducker"]You might find it quite an eye-opener to poke around at http://www.mycockpit.org and see what people are doing in their basements and garages.

OFD[/quote]


Ya, some people out there are pretty intense about it, It is quite interresting actually.

[Bushav8er]

For those that don't know about flight sim but using it 'out-of-the-box' check out what it can be like, be sure to check the pics at the link below the pic -



http://fullterrain.com/product_us1S2.html

(not a rep of the company, just impressed)

[Mark_space]

Hey Roadtrip...

I've also been and FS9 user for many years....my favorite site for free, downloadable a/c is http://www.simviation.net.

Just click the "Downloads" link off the main page and do a search for floatplanes. They have a wide selection, from a Fairey III D. MkII on floats to a Shorts Sunderland...

...or, you could browse everything under the FS2004 column.

Also, using the free site rather than the subscription site, you can only download two a/c simultaneously.

[cdnpilot77]

http://www.simviation.com is another good one...got a caravan amphib, DHC-3T on floats, Piaggio Avanti, and some corporate jets...oh yeah and its free.

[airborns_pilot]

alot of flight sim material here as well

http://flightsim.com/