WHIFS found while Google-ing

[loupgarou]

I tried the image search, and it works with Firefox.

[RAFF-35]

The only other image I managed to find of the plane

[DogfighterZen]

I tried the image search, and it works with Firefox.

Never tried it with any other browser, good to know, thanks! 

[Dizzyfugu]

C-130 flying boat, anyone?

[scooter]

There was the C-130 Floatplane Feasibility Study done in the mid to late 90's

Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Systems has completed an initial look for the Office of Naval Research at the feasibility of adapting the C-130 transport to waterborne operations. The C-130 Floatplane Feasibility Study used tow tanks and wind tunnels to evaluate a unique set of asymmetric floats, derived from the Navy's surface effect ship work in the 1970s, to test the seakeeping, hydrodynamic drag, aerodynamic stability, spray patterns, and water impact loads in tow tanks and wind tunnel tests. The test results have been quite favorable. The Naval Special Warfare Command and the U.S. Coast Guard have expressed interest in completing the feasibility study, which had been zeroed for fiscal year 1998.

Article here

[ericr]

C-130 flying boat, anyone?

beautiful!
with engines on top of the wings to avoid spray I guess

I knew about the floatplane version, which I tried out in 1/144, but not this hull-equipped version

[kitnut617]

There was the C-130 Floatplane Feasibility Study done in the mid to late 90's

I quite like this option, I started to gather bits to do it, but that was before my house move some years ago and everything got packed away and that's where they still are unfortunately.

Found this catamaran RC model hull



which seems to be about the right length to do one in 1/72 scale

[kitnut617]

I found this while looking for something else, which I find quite interesting. It's a Canadair CL-99



Been trying to figure out what the actual wing size is. Judging by the B-52H engine nacelles, the wing could be somewhere around a Boeing 737 size which I have a spare set to use in 1/72 left over from another project.



EDIT:  Looking at again though, it might be better to use a 707 wing and all the tail surfaces from one  ---

But considering Canadair was part of Convair, maybe a 880 wing ---

[RAFF-35]

C-130 flying boat, anyone?

I searched for ruddy ages trying to find a C-130 flying boat and could only find the float version.... Where did you find it??? 

[Captain Canada]

The hull version is just gorgeous 

[Old Wombat]

C-130 flying boat, anyone?

I searched for ruddy ages trying to find a C-130 flying boat and could only find the float version.... Where did you find it???  

I'd guess here, ²/₃ down the page: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1136.0

[Dizzyfugu]

Hmm, cannot dig the site up where came across ths Herc floatplane pic. It was not beyondthesprues, though, the pic was posted in a maritime patrol context and there was another picture of the concept with what looked like an MAD boom and a hydroski(!) or something similar under the fuselage. The pic might have been linked there from the same source at photobucket, though.

[Old Wombat]

All I can say is when I right-click on the picture & look at "View Image Info" it comes up with Greg Twiner's photobucket as the source.

[Mossie]

C-130 flying boat, anyone?

I searched for ruddy ages trying to find a C-130 flying boat and could only find the float version.... Where did you find it???  

I'd guess here, ²/₃ down the page: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1136.0

It might have been this site, Greg posted it originally on page 3 of the Herc thread, there's quite a lot of extra info and drawings on it on Page 12 too:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,455.165.html

There were a few attempts to draw up a C-130 amphib, there's also this version with an air cushion landing system, like the XC-8A ACLS:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,455.150.html

[Captain Canada]

Probably be easy enough just to flip the wing upside down on a Herc model eh ?