Anchor in Amphibious Caravan
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An anchor option would be nice though, the Beaver developed by... Milviz IIRC, had an anchor which was really nice when you wanted to do but when it was moved to 2024 and the tablet they had was converted to the default 2024 one, it lost the ability to do it.
@Melon Yeah, the Got Friends Wilga also has an anchor. They also have a paddle system so you can paddle your plane which is excellent. It would be nice if Black Square added something similar to this.
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A couple others with anchors include the HU-16/G-111 Albatross and the Nardi FN-333 Riviera. Before the anchor was added to the Albatross, I tried using the lat/long freeze for for some reason couldn't get it to work reliably, so I gave up on it.
I would love an anchor in the Caravan
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In MSFS2024, you can use the option for "Toggle Freeze LAT/LONG" and assign it to a key/button, and it'll work like being anchored/moored.
Edit to say that in my experience so far, your plane will still weathervane... Also, just for fun, run up the engines while freeze is active and watch the ensuing bending of space/time on the water's surface (I'll leave it at that).
@V1-Vr-V2 Also for now do you use TOGGLE FREESE LAT/LONG or SET FREEZE LAT/LONG? I don't know what the differences are lol.
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Spawned in for my first flights in the Amphibian today in '24 and it's unusable almost as the wind immediately blows me onto landmasses or awkwardly on/off seaplane dock pontoons. Freeze lat/long is not responding, either.
Shame, as I was REALLY looking forward to flying the floats. The package as a whole is incredible, though, but this is definitely a bit of a disappointment with the sim and addon both not allowing for holding the plane in position.
EDIT: Ok, Freeze lat/long does work but it does not prevent the wind rotating you...
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@V1-Vr-V2 Also for now do you use TOGGLE FREESE LAT/LONG or SET FREEZE LAT/LONG? I don't know what the differences are lol.
@slipperfruit
I'm using toggle and have it set to CTRL+SHIFT+A ("A" for anchor).
If you want to confirm it's working, switch into slew mode and see if you can move. -
@V1-Vr-V2 Also for now do you use TOGGLE FREESE LAT/LONG or SET FREEZE LAT/LONG? I don't know what the differences are lol.
In FS2020 I would not recommend using this method. I was excited to try this as the binding exists in 2020, but it has some after-effects that seem to break the flight dynamics of the Caravan (haven't tested other aircraft). The airplane gets "stuck in the mud" so to speak and it's impossible to take off again after you've taxiied to the dock and frozen-then-unfrozen your position.
