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Post by Simonjg on Mar 30, 2007 0:32:03 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 30, 2007 13:01:46 GMT 12
They are excellent photos indeed. I love those big flying boats, but I have to say that small Be-103 low wing flying boat is very neat. I've never seen a flying boat with a low wing before, you'd think the airflow would be restricted under the wing on take off.
Great shots of the Russian Knights too. The flare shots are very impressive. To think that team very nearly came here in 1995, I'd really have loved to have seen them.
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Post by planeimages on Mar 30, 2007 17:56:39 GMT 12
The Be-103 would lift out of the water on its planing hull initially, then there would be air under the wings and the water drag would be confined to the hull.
You'd want good sealing an anti-corrosion, though.
The Osprey 2 is mid-wing but its airfoil must come close to the water surface at rest.
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Post by Bruce on Mar 30, 2007 23:31:42 GMT 12
The Taylot Coot homebuilt amphibian (of which there are a number in NZ) is also low / mid wing, so much so that it doesnt have tip floats. As it comes off the step the wing centre section acts as a Sponson, in the same way as those on Dornier flying boats. The outer panels have marked dihedral to keep the Ailerons up out of the way. Although not an open sea amphibian, Coots are capable of a operating from surprisingly choppy swells.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 31, 2007 7:59:07 GMT 12
Cool. I remember the Albatross from Auckland Air Expo, quite a graceful machine for a Russian design!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 31, 2007 8:22:52 GMT 12
The aircraft in those photos are really supurb.
I know that water-borne aircraft are impractal, costly, high-maintenance machines but hell, they look really great . . . .
(Just like my ex-wife! - but she was Irish).
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