Reminder: This is a fictional plane

Brief information and Operational History

The S1YR is a scout floatplane manufactured by Yernill Aircraft Co. and is mainly used by the U.S. Navy as a ship-borne scout aircraft from late-1939 and were supplemented by different aircraft before being slowly phased out of service starting in 1944 as a scout aircraft. About 462 were made throughout it's operational service, often they were manufactured by other companies as Yernill had a smaller industrial capability.

Additional Information

The S1YR is a conventional, low-wing monoplane with a central float and a pair of smaller floats. It is armed with a forward-firing Browning and a bomb hardpoint on each wing and is powered by an 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine (Power output is about 1345 HP).

A guide for this aircraft on water

(Updated as of 07072020 at 2:42 PM CST)

This aircraft has a gyroscope that activates at about more than 40 kph (IAS) and within 5 meters from sea level, pitch your plane upwards and put it on full throttle as it will take distance to lift-off from the sea. After 5 meters from sea level, the gyroscope deactivates but keep pulling up until about more than 18 meters. If you want to land, don't dive steeply into the sea, slow down, descend at a shallow angle, then pull up to avoid flipping over.