My sister has seen the film "Sully", about an airliner crash in the Hudson river, and she asked me if there are compounds aircraft/hovercraft (for safety), and would I draw some if not done yet.
I answered this morning that I will draw this (in my P-38 or P-51/82 favorite families), but not immediately, as I wait for the GB start here.
And... for safe landing in a river, an amphibious plane would make it easily, and a Canadair CL-215 for instance can carry 19 passengers, this is an airliner too...
My sister's name being Juliette, here are the Juju-38 (on ground/water then in flight) and amphibious Juju-38A:
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The HY-38A, B, C
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And asymmetric HY-38D, E, F
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Mustang seaplanes (Seastangs) are not forgotten:
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Coming soon: a Twin-Seastang of course, as link between Seastangs and Lightnings.
Twin-Seastang:
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Now that would take SOME building in plastic, but it'd certainly look amazing! :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 01, 2017, 11:25:23 AM
Now that would take SOME building in plastic, but it'd certainly look amazing! :thumbsup:
Hawker Sea Hawk fuselages p'haps for starters. Vampire tail-plane ? ;D
Quote from: Tophe on November 01, 2017, 09:41:19 AM
Mustang seaplanes (Seastangs) are not forgotten:
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Coming soon: a Twin-Seastang of course, as link between Seastangs and Lightnings.
Oooooh! :wub: :mellow: :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:
Thanks!
But, you know, aviation is changing... Seaplanes are no more what they used to be: the new generation (prepared for the 2020s) is like toys of the 2010s: electrical quadricopters:
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A Mustang flying boat with a single hull:
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You could try using the BAC Strikemaster as a donor kit.
Thanks!
And the 3-engined Twin-Boat-Stang was asymmetric, a little:
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Glorious asymmetry!!
Thanks!
The first Boat-stang (without bubble canopy) had a twin-cockpit derivative, with sponsoons:
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Inspired by dear zenrat at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44463.45.html :
Quote from: zenrat on December 02, 2017, 05:21:09 AM
If you look back on page 1 Chris there is a picture with the canopy balanced in place.
Yes, a Mustang does not need at all a canopy where usual, thanks!
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:thumbsup:
Thanks!
And there was a Lightning jet family finishing with a flying-boat version, twin-hull:
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Derivatives ended with a final seaplane version too:
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Dornier Bubble-Seastang with sponsons:
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Quote from: Tophe on December 16, 2017, 12:00:38 AM
Dornier Bubble-Seastang with sponsons:
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buildable ! you are tempting me / us
Thanks! (What a honour! even if this would remain just a project)
Now another kind of seaplane: the COMP-38 was a compound, with a landplane above a marine support, jettisonable:
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