Amphibian Strut Position

[spduffee]

Hi All,
You may remember me mentioning the Kamm-Air amphibious plane from a while back. I was looking at the attach point sof the struts to the hull and it seems like them being below the water line that they would be under an enormous stress. Are there flying examples where the attach point is so low? Does it matter?

Thanks, Shawn.

 

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