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Re: flying boats
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/4/2011, 4:26 pm
In Response To: Re: flying boats (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Hello Paul,

: Actually a friend of mine (*who has a lot more money than I do)
: sent me that link wanting me to go in with him and build one.
: They're pretty cool, and would make for fun trips to the BVI,
: but I would rather have a float plane. I want (*note:
: "want" doesn't nescessarily mean "can afford
: to") to build a tiger moth with floats. Only two people,
: but lots of lift. Probably not the most ideal float plane, but I
: always wanted an old biwing warbird. It would be great for
: getting to the BVI or Puerto Rico. If I ever did build one I'd
: use a converted VW aircraft engine. Anyone that's known me for a
: while knows I can build a VW with one hand behind my back. The
: conversions are very reliable- magnetos, dual redundancy, etc.
: Also I have plans that I found online for a machine gun that
: uses bottled gas and a magneto driven by an electric motor to
: make real machine-gun sounds. Should be fun for buzzing my
: fisherman friends.

: Every time I build a surfboard I think "I could just as easily
: build an airplane wing", and every time I build a kayak I
: think "this could have been a fuselage."

: There's just not enough time or money in the world for all my pipe
: dreams!

Btw, the ground effects vehicle is certainly not a new idea, here's a fun link:

: http://ultralight-airplanes.info/Here-Is-an-Unique-Aircraft-%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E-The-Ground-Effect-Vehicle.html

Bill H.

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Justin -- 3/28/2011, 1:43 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/28/2011, 3:45 pm
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Justin -- 3/28/2011, 6:31 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/28/2011, 10:27 pm
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 7:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 12:53 am
Skin/Coating Ranking
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/28/2011, 7:12 pm
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 8:08 am
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/28/2011, 10:54 pm
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 8:03 am
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Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 8:37 am
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 9:30 am
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Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 10:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:03 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 3/29/2011, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 12:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 1:43 am
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 7:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 1:11 pm
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 3:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:37 am
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Justin -- 3/30/2011, 8:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:42 am
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Justin -- 3/31/2011, 8:41 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 8:47 am
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Justin -- 3/31/2011, 8:51 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/1/2011, 9:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2011, 11:33 am
flying boats *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/2/2011, 2:54 am
Re: flying boats
Bill Hamm -- 4/2/2011, 6:56 am
Re: flying boats
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/4/2011, 9:01 am
Re: flying boats
Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 4:21 pm
Re: flying boats
Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 4:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
StephenHJ -- 3/30/2011, 1:33 pm
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Justin -- 3/30/2011, 2:29 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/29/2011, 1:03 pm
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 3:38 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 3/29/2011, 6:01 pm
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StephenHJ -- 3/29/2011, 6:08 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 3/29/2011, 7:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:41 am
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Justin -- 3/30/2011, 8:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:05 am
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Justin -- 3/31/2011, 8:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 8:50 am
It's called
Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 6:13 pm
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Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 6:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:42 am
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Justin -- 3/30/2011, 8:48 am
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/30/2011, 1:40 pm
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Justin -- 3/30/2011, 2:51 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 3/30/2011, 3:50 pm
12 oz? *PIC*
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 3/30/2011, 4:18 pm
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Michael -- 3/30/2011, 1:44 pm
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Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 3/30/2011, 4:02 pm