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Dizzyfugu

#90
July 26, 2023, 06:26:35 AM
How about Sweden or Finland as operator? Lots of lakes available, and both even operated British aircraft like the Vampire/Venom?

NARSES2

#91
July 26, 2023, 06:50:52 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 26, 2023, 06:26:35 AMHow about Sweden or Finland as operator? Lots of lakes available, and both even operated British aircraft like the Vampire/Venom?

Very much so, I just went the warmer water route  ;D
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Rheged

#92
July 26, 2023, 07:41:15 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 26, 2023, 06:26:35 AMHow about Sweden or Finland as operator? Lots of lakes available, and both even operated British aircraft like the Vampire/Venom?

Trouble with the Scandinavian countries   as operators is that their lakes get very hard during the winter.  Otherwise, operating in a fresh water environment would be easier than salt, corrosive seas.
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PR19_Kit

#93
July 26, 2023, 08:29:26 AM
Quote from: Rheged on July 26, 2023, 07:41:15 AMTrouble with the Scandinavian countries   as operators is that their lakes get very hard during the winter.  Otherwise, operating in a fresh water environment would be easier than salt, corrosive seas.


A perfect case for a Whiffed SRA/1 Amphibian then.  ;D
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Dizzyfugu

#94
July 26, 2023, 11:29:02 PM
There are ice skids with little drag that can be retrofitted in the aircraft's CoG. In WWII, German and also Swedish He 115s carried then. I am just not certain if a flying boat's structure is rigid enough to support start and landing on ice? But it's whifworld, after all...  ;D



Mossie

#95
July 27, 2023, 02:19:34 PM
It's been done, but not as a regular thing as far as I'm aware.
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