Grumman FB-2G Grebe - FINISHED - pic's pg.10

[zenrat]

At least one of them is the right scale.

You'll obviously be scaleoramaing the Tracker down to 1/72. 

Weirdo!

Yes.  And?

You say that like its a bad thing.

[Old Wombat]

At least one of them is the right scale.

You'll obviously be scaleoramaing the Tracker down to 1/72. 

Weirdo!

Yes.  And?

You say that like its a bad thing.

Only where the One True Scale^* is concerned.


(^* = 1/48 for aircraft)

[Old Wombat]

Think I've settled on a SAR role for this build, with a radar nose, & wing mounted DF units (to home in on EPIRB's), plus the Grumbly's search-light, & the sonobuoy chutes can be for flares.

I'm still tossing up whether to do a radar tail or enlarge the MAD boom housing to become a chute for emergency bundles (a tube with an inflatable raft, medical supplies, food & water).

I'm currently in the process of trying to work out if I have the skill-set/confidence to make it an amphibian.

[scooter]

What about sponsons for the main gear, like on the Dornier Seastar?  Or would that add a layer of difficulty?

[Old Wombat]

I thought about them earlier & they're still a possibility but the Grebe's a bit bigger & deeper than the Dornier, wing wobble would be an issue in open water; still I could put the Sunderland floats on the wing-tips to prevent them dipping into the water, rather than near the (ex-)wing-fold joint.

Currently, though, I'm looking at my 1/72 Catalina & contemplating copying that system.

[Rick Lowe]

The Do-18 is back!

And looking on Goggle I see the Do-24 also!

[NARSES2]

I've not seen that Seastar before. eat looking aeroplane

[KiwiZac]

The Do-18 is back!

And looking on Goggle I see the Do-24 also!

Everything old is new again! If you want to see a Do.24TT pull a donut: https://youtu.be/G16dW_PEAZY

[PR19_Kit]

Everything old is new again! If you want to see a Do.24TT pull a donut: https://youtu.be/G16dW_PEAZY

I was going to ask if that was intentional, but I see he has full port rudder on in the slo-mo, so it must have been.

The CAA would have locked him in the Tower if he'd done that in the UK........

[scooter]

Everything old is new again! If you want to see a Do.24TT pull a donut: https://youtu.be/G16dW_PEAZY

I was going to ask if that was intentional, but I see he has full port rudder on in the slo-mo, so it must have been.

The CAA would have locked him in the Tower if he'd done that in the UK........

One of the comments indicated that they got holed by a floating log, seen to late to abort.  So any control inputs may have been merely incidental.  Of course, I think the AAIB would probably still recommend the Tower, via Water Gate.  I know the FAA would, unless there was extenuating circumstances.

[kerick]

What about sponsons for the main gear, like on the Dornier Seastar?  Or would that add a layer of difficulty?

That looks like serious whiff material!!!

[Rick Lowe]

I've just spotted the rather unfortunate Registration... oh dear...

[kerick]

They could have skipped that one!!

[zenrat]

Maybe it belongs to Richard?

[Rick Lowe]

-ICKT would have been as bad...