Done +++ Another Royal Navy Gnat: a flying boat version (Pics @ p.3)

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, the topic seems to be en vogue at the moment, so why not add another Gnat to the flock?
Anyway, this one will be ...different (I hope), and actually the hardware rendition of a spontaneous comment I posted in Devilfish's ZELL Gnat build thread.

Work is in progress, but things will probably be posted once the project is done.  

[Old Wombat]

So tomorrow, then!?

[Dizzyfugu]

Maybe...? 

[Captain Canada]

So tomorrow, then!?

Later on today. With Price Is Right rules, you always want to be close, without going over 

[Devilfish]

Float plane?

[zenrat]

Gnaticoptor, Gnatrogyro or Gnatrodyne?

[Dizzyfugu]

Float plane?

More radical. 

[zenrat]

Hydroskis?

[Dizzyfugu]

More retro... A flying boat! 

[NARSES2]

More retro... A flying boat! 

Ah so the Saunders Roe SRA 1 was successful then ?

[Dizzyfugu]

Rather as a "2nd attempt", 5 years later, but the concept will be similar. And smaller. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Food for thought... do these pictures have any connection? Well, it can be created! 

Food for thought... by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Food for thought... by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[ericr]

More retro... A flying boat! 

wah !

[Dizzyfugu]

Muahahah!

Yes, this will become a Gnat floatplane... by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Yes, this will become a Gnat floatplane... by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Yes, this will become a Gnat floatplane... by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

The rear cockpit is deleted and blended into the rest of the fuselage; longer intake ducts (from a Matchbox F-5A) were added as a measure against spray ingestion. The stabilizers will be re-located, into a cruciform tail (Meteor or Seahawk style). The float comes from a Curtiss SC-1 - the length is perfect for the Gnat T.1, and the width is also O.K.

[NARSES2]

Leave the wings off, paint it blue, head for Connistone and World Water Speed record here we come 

Fantastic work