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Citrabria Floatplane - Bush & Automatic Versions Version 1.1

Citrabria Floatplane - Bush & Automatic Versions
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Texture changer has 3 different paint designs

Functioning instrument panel

Manual start sequence

The Bush plane has vertical stalls, rolling stalls and a wing over stall.

The Automatic version has an Automatic Landing system with a customizable notecard integrated into the HUD. You can land at the 30+ airports listed in the HUD or add your own.
Once you choose your destination the plane will automatically descend to that airport. The system controls rate of descent and speed, you simply steer the plane left or right.

4 Fully automatic Take Off modes - Left / Straight long field & short field/ Right.

Both the Bush version and the Automatic version have a built-in automated wind system with the selectable wind direction HUD.

Independent rudder control for correcting yaw.

Articulated ailerons, flaps, rudder and elevator.

Keyboard commands:

s - Start & Stop

There is also a start-up sequence that you can use while in mouselook. The switches are numbered and are on the dash as well as the switch panel above the pilot's left shoulder.
See youtube for instructional video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnRFbIQ8LeE

g - gear (The starfish on the back of the right float disappears when the gear is up)

b - Brake

e or Pg. Up - Acceleration
c or Pg. Dn - Deceleration

r - reverse

f - Flaps

ff - Flaps for faster descent

a - Auto level
*** Cruise Mode & Auto level work well together for stable rolling and holding altitude.

c - Second camera view

cc - Third camera view

fs - Phantom mode - Allows you to fly through objects. Avoid flying through the terrain.

e - Ejects co-pilot

t - Toggles standard tires and bush tires

sl - Strobe lights

bl - Beacon lights

nl - Nav lights

ll - Landing lights

plon - Turns instrument lights on

ploff - Turns instrument lights off

copilot - Typing "copilot" in chat will allow the copilot to control the plane.
pilot - Typing "pilot" in chat will allow the pilot to resume control of the plane.

ww - Wind - starts wind function

w - Toggles wind direction

x - Turns on variable wind system
(Starts smoke trail on Aerobatic version)

z - Toggles 3 different levels of wind force
(Selects smoke color on Aerobatic version)

For Independant rudder control:

Normal mode:

Shift + Left arrow and Shift + Right arrow.

Mouselook mode:

A/D + Left mouse button

Door - Touch door to open

menu - Opens the Color menu dialog box.

Bush Version:

st - Initiates stall mode. The plane will stall if the angle of ascent is too steep for the current speed.
If the speed is over 70% and the plane is flying vertical it will initiate a wing over stall.

The plane will also lose altitude in turns when flying slower than 50% and rolling through turns at an angle greater than 20 degrees.

See item in Second Life
  • The airplane has a built-in automated wind system.
  • Bush version has vertical, rolling and wing over stalls.
  • Automatic Take Off - 4 Modes Left / Straight long field and short field / Right.
  • Automatic version can automatically descend to any airport or location in SL.
  • Texture changer with 5 different paint designs
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Flies lovely well, floats in the water, and looks good
full star full star full star full star full star Posted March 01, 2025 by Jaws Ocean

See header, what more does one want :)

It's clearly what i awaited to get, and it's clearly worth the cost.

And it's having so many options and HUDs, that i am still not done with exploring everything hehe

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I love it's movement on water, it's realistic!
full star full star full star full star full star Posted February 20, 2020 by rharini

I already wrote a review on the land version but when the float version of this plane is new to me. It's so fun. Like a rl float plane and unlike other sl float planes, it doesn't sit on the water fully if touched once. There are a few jumps depending on what speed you're landing at. I love the fact that it needs a little extra power to take off water than to take off ground, it makes it more realistic. And I already love its ground version. Java planes are good additions to my fleet.

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Great reliable aircraft Something for everone in the box
full star full star full star full star full star Posted December 30, 2019 by Rosina Evergarden

if you are looking for reliability in sim crossings this it the model itself features a small link set making it a relatively fast crosser and, at [23/23] running scripts, 1376 KB running at 0.251078 ms of CPU time the scripts ate not going to murder any sim you are flying over.

This plane features a nice improved version of java’s flight core and comes in three versions

Auto: this is the Self leveling experience your used to in a Java plane

Bush: this version I less automatic and even has a stall system you can toggle on and off

Aerobatic : great for you hot dogs.

It is very rare to find an aircraft that has something that works for everyone in the box this is one of them.

let’s talk features
Startup and shut down sequence
X wind weather system
Landing auto pilot
Java’s modular HUD system (only were as much HUD as you need)

in short this is a buy that is impossible to find disappointing

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Time to get wet!
full star full star full star full star full star Posted December 21, 2019 by Sidd Planer

Just like the regular version, fantastic to fly, very low lag and has all the modern features; fully working dash, full mouselook cocpit control and startup procedure . Taking off and landing on water has never been easier.
Try it, you'll never look back.

Thanks Java for another great plane!

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