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>>65203878
Igor Sikorsky did nothing wrong.

post fleet air arm walruses before I shit myself

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Convair has entered the chat

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>>65203878
Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess is the largest all-metal flying boat to have ever been constructed.

>>65204615
VGH
RETVRN

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>>65204615

Don't forget her big sister

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Pontificate what modern engines could do for it.

>>65205065
We could never be so based.

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>>65203878
The P.136 has always been one of my favorites visually

Why are seaplane so sexy? They shouldn't really be.

>>65203883
>draw a boat
>put wings on it
>call it a seaplane
do they think we can't tell what they're doing?

>>65206816
Don't ask questions. Just goon to seaplane, and then get excited for next seaplane.

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solution looking for a problem

>>65207832
>solution looking for a problem
Midwits love this line for some reason

>>65207887
LMAO, I can only imagine how many times someone must had said this to him in order for him to gain this opinion.

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I wish I had the functionally infinite money to afford this little shit.

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>>65207949
I see it repeated on here a lot is all
>a seaplane? A plane that can take off and land from the water!? What possible use is there for that! You're just a solution looking for a problem!
Just a gross lack of critical thinking. It's extremely tiresome

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>>65208002
You could get an Icon a5. They're pretty spendy still but not as bad as those assuming you ever found one
>just don't ask about the safety record

>>65207607
>Anon discovers the origins of flying boats

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>>65205065
That Goebbels-looking guy in picrelated would no longer look that stressed,

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>>65205065
>pontificate

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>>65208158

>>65207599
N U T

Imagine having your own seaplane in a world that is basically an archipelago? How comfy would it be to have your own flying houseboat where you can just fly off to do some fishing on a whim?

>>65209961
>Omg how AWESOME would it be to sit in a leaky rust box all day plugging holes while you sweat your dick off!

>>65210542
Why would anyone join the Russian navy?

>>65203878
Grandpa flew PBY Catalina for Danish royal Air force. RIP old boy. Anyone wanna hear stories of how dealing with the weather around a frozen wasteland is? It sucks?

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My favourite

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>>65205062
>>65204615
God Bless Saunders-Roe; they built elegant planes, for a more . . . civilised age.

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https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-worlds-first-consumer-wing-craft

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Objectively the most beautiful seaplane ever made.

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are choppers allowed?

>>65207607
you're going to have a wild ride when you discover Ekranoplans

>>65208158
don't they have a lot of problems?

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I like the concept of the whiskers that seem like they'd be:

1)hydrofoils to get in contact with water before waves can slam hull.

2)WIG to get extra lift, even if small, by being so close to surface (but also no danger if they do contact water).

3)aux winglets for normal flight.

4)crash bars in case landing gear gives out and/or you are forced to land in brush, and just extra energy absorbing structure between ground and cabin.

5)Oh, and I guess boarding steps for when you want to get in/out of plane in open water.

6)anti-roll damping for when sitting in water. would add a damping effect that even wing tip floats wouldn't have.

>>65214075
>world's first
Pretty low bar they're setting innit

>>65215969
>a lot
Just the one, really. Being that they are terribly unsafe that is. Kind of a big one I'll grant you.