Dang I wished I knew you were there.This is my favorite local Fly-in. I go every year. Great job on the Jib shots. My friends were the owners of the Harvard and the Yak-18. We'll have to meet up next year.
I based my definition on the following: A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy. Wikipedia
Flying boats do have landing gear. Seaplanes (Cessna, Piper, DH Beaver) are aircraft with floats replacing the landing gear. The difference between the two is where the water makes contact. Seaplanes can be converted to have straight floats or be amphibious (floats with landing gear). There are special hardware on the fuselage to hoist the plane during this operation. Flying boats (Grumman, Lake, Icon A5) are almost always amphibious and never changes its configuration.
Dang I wished I knew you were there.This is my favorite local Fly-in. I go every year. Great job on the Jib shots. My friends were the owners of the Harvard and the Yak-18. We'll have to meet up next year.
Great video! Sis nobody get any video of the New Standard bi-plane flipping up onto it's nose? I sure would love to see how that happened.
Well, no. You have seaplanes and you have flying boats. Seaplanes have landing gear and flying boats do not.
I based my definition on the following: A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy. Wikipedia
@@solobjones8389 Yeah, I heard you in the video.
Flying boats do have landing gear. Seaplanes (Cessna, Piper, DH Beaver) are aircraft with floats replacing the landing gear. The difference between the two is where the water makes contact. Seaplanes can be converted to have straight floats or be amphibious (floats with landing gear). There are special hardware on the fuselage to hoist the plane during this operation. Flying boats (Grumman, Lake, Icon A5) are almost always amphibious and never changes its configuration.
Then you are confusing a flying boat with a seaplane.
How so? I made it pretty clear.@@fishfuxors