Are we talking about a Landrover or Jeep here?
Why did every country have a flying boat ?
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Are we talking about a Landrover or Jeep here?
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Also, I just wanted to point out that not every nation had a flying boat, contrary to the thread title. Pretty sure Rwanda or Laos don't have flying boats in military service. Mongolia bought a couple but found that the sand was rather hard on the hulls.
33k in the air
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All your terrain tires are belong to us flying boats.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Just going to put this out there, for what it's worth:
Commercial and Military aviation is influenced by needs and specific profiles.
Many smart people felt the need to have special aircraft go where land-based aircraft couldn't.
These aircraft were seaplane and flying boats and they fulfilled their task amazingly well, both in peacetime and in war.
Just about anyone knows that large, heavy vehicles that moves from a smooth solid surface onto sand/gravel comes to an immediate stop - which is why runaway ramps on highways in tje mountains work so well for trucks who've lost their brakes.
Your original question had some legitimate basis and it was explained in great detail but then it got weird, like next you're going to ask why airplanes have propellers when flapping wings can work just as well.
There are several places to read about the Black Cat exploits in the South Pacific. Shows a very specific application of the flying boat/amphibian.
Here's one site that I found interesting. Others, more knowledgeable, can tell you if it is accurate. Black Cats
Here's one site that I found interesting. Others, more knowledgeable, can tell you if it is accurate. Black Cats
The DO 24 is an interesting bird. Originally a plane built to a Dutch requirement for an all metal design for the Dutch East Indies.
The first couple had Jumo engines followed by three with Wright Cyclones.
After Germany took the Netherlands the Do 24 had the BMW Bramo fitted although they had already received 11 licence built planes with Wright
engines.
Over 40 were built in France as well.
The Do 24 served on both sides of the fence and in the middle as well. German and Dutch use for starters followed by Australian use of the models
sent to the East Indies.
Spain used the DO24 for sea rescue work where people from both sides were picked up as necessary.
Sweden ended up with one which was forced to make an emergency landing there.
Lots of different options for modellers in that one.
The first couple had Jumo engines followed by three with Wright Cyclones.
After Germany took the Netherlands the Do 24 had the BMW Bramo fitted although they had already received 11 licence built planes with Wright
engines.
Over 40 were built in France as well.
The Do 24 served on both sides of the fence and in the middle as well. German and Dutch use for starters followed by Australian use of the models
sent to the East Indies.
Spain used the DO24 for sea rescue work where people from both sides were picked up as necessary.
Sweden ended up with one which was forced to make an emergency landing there.
Lots of different options for modellers in that one.
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Niether we are talking about putting a sand capable tire on a medium bomber and saying Auf Wiedersehen to the idea of flying boats .
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Flugboote einschließlich der BV 238 sind nutzlos Solange der mittlere Bomber lebt. And before you ask im using google for this i dont speak german.
Snautzer01
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My thread on the do24 has all those posabilities
as per your other thread, this is just trolling.
Thank you. Good to see this thread still somewhat on track. Does anyone know who does 1/72 scale models of the 24 ?My thread on the do24 has all those posabilities
Just Schmidt
Senior Airman
Italeri sold me one perhaps twenty years ago, i think it was quite nice quality. Honestly I don't know if they are still selling them.
fubar57
General
Only 31% of the world's coastlines are considered sandy. Note the word "considered". This doesn't mean you have a one mile stretch of nothing but pure, level compact sand. My hometowm was on the ocean and rocky stretches far out distanced sandy ones. You also won't be able to have all your infrastructure and aircraft parkingon a beach. Not too many accesses to the beach are dead flat
Geoffrey Sinclair
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Actually it depends on the sand/beach. During the Korean War the allies used some of the beaches of islands off North Korea as emergency landing fields, the RAAF had at least one Meteor land, be repaired and take off. Report from one of the engineer officers who did the repair, flew in using a C-47. State of the tide was considered important.
I'm pretty sure his entire purpose here is to troll.
I was making a funny…
fubar57
General
I just read an article in LIFE about what it took to get a B-17 off the beach. I'll see if I can find it after work. Not as easy as someone thinks as it involved Marsden(sp)? Plates
