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Get some strange fish in Portugese Waters (watch your neighbours don't pinch them -they have ours!!! OOOooo....naughty naughty)

 

Not so crazy. The idea already exists since a long time ago (attached photo is from 1999) and hundreds of thousands of powered paragliders are at work the world around. Some of them mount wheels and are for two or even three users. And they are even authomated (http://www.atairaerospace.com/uav/)

The only innovation here are those 'lentil wheels' which's main (if at all!) benefit, from my point of view, is the ability to water land (but this could be also achieved with a pair of hulls hydroplane stile)

Cheers.

 

Yep, the concept has been around.

My problem with this version is the landing pods which seem to have undergone some development between the early drawings and the craft sitting on the beech.

I strongly favor a hovercraft type landing system or a rubber raft both which may absorb impact shock and operate over various landing surfaces.

An alternative:
http://www.seair.com/flyingboat.htm

 

some military mishaps

 

Okay, you are not getting off that easy.................what are the stories behind photos's 1 & 3?

Awesome.

 

Its the US navy of course!! Or is it the SA navy? Just routine every day stuff --pilot error. pressing wrong buttons and that sort of thing.

Theres a lot of switches in those things!!

Interesting photographs actually in the light of a recent enquirey in to the deaths of British personel mistaken for an enemy vehicle by the US Marines. There was no blame being proportioned but the enquirey was to satisfy certain question for the desesed family. Apparantly the US marines would not attend the enquirey or allow the statement of various Marines to be read out explaining what happened.

 

This should put to rest the controversy of seaworthiness of light displacement craft.

 

Jack 'tis sad to say their good at that! Most of out casualties are from friendly fire!

 

Posted here:
http://carnuts.us/viewtopic.php?t=1581

 

http://www.wessexmarine.org/Pages/hsmc.html

 

Apparantly they a very comfortable - and fast! Got several running up and down the river here regularly (know some of the crews well - related to a few [distantly] not that that has anything to do with it!) but **** they look weird!!

 

For sure... if draught isn't a concern, and you don't have to handle a huge range of loads, it's amazing what you can do with a SWATH.... I think our Coast Guard has a couple as survey ships, they're just so darn stable.

 

Sample-1:

Seven galleries altogether, all different artist.

Link:
unicorngarden.com/gallery/