Remove those Sealegs! - Floatplane to landplane conversions (He-115 etc)

[GTX]

Hi folks,

I have always liked the He-115.  But I recently wondered what it would look like in landplane form:



What other possibilities can you think of?

BTW, if anyone has a better example of a He-115 drawing to play with please let me know.

Regards,

Greg

[Mossie]

Saro Princess landplane, scanned from Concept Aircraft, not dissimilar to the C-92 & C-124.



It doesn't belong here, but I just had to include this Princess 'Zwilling' from the same book!




Thinking of another Saro project, what about converting the SR.A1 to land ops?  How about the Martin SeaMaster (Martin Master?) as a lighter B-52 alternative/compliment?

[GTX]

what about converting the SR.A1 to land ops?

A bit rushed, but how's this?



Regards,

Greg

[Maverick]

Whilst floaties are easy enough to consider, (usually just a case of finding somewhere to put the undercart) flying boats are another matter and have always been a source of interest to me personally.  Whilst I can't find the pic in question, somewhere on the web someone did to a landplane conversion of the -115.

Regards,

Mav

[Mossie]

A bit rushed, but how's this?



Regards,

Greg

That's one strange, but oddly intriguing machine!  Maybe the intakes would have migrated to the wing roots?  With the hull removed, it looks almost like it did when it sat in the water:



The other big British flying boat that never made it, the Short Shetland would be ripe for conversion to a land based variant too.  Land based Sunderland & Shetland stablemates, that would be nice to see!

[Mossie]

A thought jut came into my mind, as Mav mentioned float planes are easier to convert & spatted or trousered undercarriage would suit most types.  Hmmm, isn't someone around here a fan of spats?  Can't quite remember who.....

[Daryl J.]

Sunderland with turboprops, de-watered underbelly, tricked out like an AC-130 and sent to Operation Telic?


Mitusbishi Pete with a fairly bulky, spatted main gear, and painted Ame-shimo-des (yes even the kull'r name is made up) and used for winter attacks on E. Russia.


Aichi Paul with Val-like undercarriage.



Neat thread guys!
Daryl J.

[gooberliberation]

Luftwaffe Secret Projects : Strategic Bombers n' Sh!t 1936-1945 mentions a proposed landplane variant of the Blohm & Voss BV 238.

I think it was to have tandem undercarriage and long spindly outrigger legs where the floats used to be.