Japanese Whaling Ships

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Yes, i would love to sail them

Not bothered really

Keep as AI

[deltaecho]

Yes 

Can't wait for the Esperanza most of all, still hoping the helicopter is playable 

i hope so too, but dont believe it will happen

[Matthew Brown]

I find it strange though how it can re appear and dissapear at certain times, and then later be seen flying in the sky with a man in it  We shall see 

[saltydog]

Then VStep would have one up on Flight Simulator..Don't see too many playable ships in there..

[dodweb]

Au contraire, mon ami... there is a whole host of ships for MS Flight Sim.

Two quick examples...
http://www.fs-shipyards.org/index.php?ind=downloads
http://secure.simmarket.com/fsx-ships-page-1.chtml

They do however handle quite poorly (like I imagine the SSE helicopter will) as FS was never really desgined for water operations. I usually fly a large amphibian aircraft in FSX (PBY 6-A), and she handles nothing like the real thing on water even after countless hours of finetuning.

[saltydog]

I did not know that..I stand corrected..
I quite like the Grumman Goose though..

[Mad_Fred]

I never used ships in FSX yet, but in FS9, it was like taxiing a plane, but on water.

Is that still the same then? 

[dodweb]

No worries, it was a surprise to me too when I found out..

Must say that I'm looking forward to the helicopter, hoping it will be playable if ever so arcadey to fly (not expecting the general customer base to be able to fly a helicopter - or land it in heavy seas). A great way to get a better overview of a complex situation, getting great pictures, or just ferry VIP's and other tourists to and from a ship for example.

And yeah Mad_Fred, it's pretty much the same. The aircraft/ship has no weight just to add to the surrealness so you feel like youre floatingrolling a paperboat/plane across the great blue.

[Mad_Fred]

Yes, I thought so, cheers!!

It wasn't really impressive in FS9, I didn't think it would be in FSX.   

[PATRICKs]

whale hunt is terrible!
but its a game...

[tinkerdill]

Oh well, let's hope that next version will be less political simulator.

[2000]

Found pictures of ship without RESEARCH

[Twistedlordi]

Must be before there was many protesting activity.. weird

[dexter7]

Found pictures of ship without RESEARCH

i think that's the shonan maru # 2

[2000]

It is the Yushin Maru.

[dexter7]

oops it actully is but it kind of looked like the shonan

[nvanloo97]

but i would like to play the whalers, allthough they aren`t good. but they are goodlooking, fast (20kn), an dvery manouvrable.

[dexter7]

i'd like too sail them yeah and then sink them immediately

[saltydog]

That picture was probably before the IWC added the "Research loophole"..