I would like to discuss this further, but do not want to cloud up the Skigull thread. (perhaps a moderator can move the applicable posts here if they feel that is appropriate.)
My experience in this is limited to 180s/206s/beavers/otters/Supercubs on floats/amphibs, both aluminum(nothing more miserable than working on aluminum floats) and composite, so my questions will tend to use them as my personal baseline from lack of a broader knowledge base.
If I understand this correctly you are saying that a hydro-ski holding the aircraft out of the water produces a similar amount of drag as a planing hull. In other words all else remaining equal, a traditional floats or boat type seaplane has the same amount of water drag while up on step as it would once up on skis?
If that is the case, then the question is, How slow can you get the aircraft out of the water with the hydroskis?
(traditional lodge flying has the 206/beaver plowing around at full throttle (at an ungodly hour in the morning without getting on step)then returning to the dock to offload a case of beer and trying again.....)
You lost me here... I will try to read it a few more times.
Everything is displacement when not moving correct?
30ft by 5" ? or do you mean 30' x 5' ? I dont see anything being 30ft long and 5 inches wide being practical, and if you mean 30ft by 5ft then you are already bigger than a 206 fuselage....
I think this is the same as my earlier question, "How slow can you get the aircraft out of the water with the hydroskis?"
Do you have any ideas?
My experience in this is limited to 180s/206s/beavers/otters/Supercubs on floats/amphibs, both aluminum(nothing more miserable than working on aluminum floats) and composite, so my questions will tend to use them as my personal baseline from lack of a broader knowledge base.
If I understand this correctly you are saying that a hydro-ski holding the aircraft out of the water produces a similar amount of drag as a planing hull. In other words all else remaining equal, a traditional floats or boat type seaplane has the same amount of water drag while up on step as it would once up on skis?
If that is the case, then the question is, How slow can you get the aircraft out of the water with the hydroskis?
(traditional lodge flying has the 206/beaver plowing around at full throttle (at an ungodly hour in the morning without getting on step)then returning to the dock to offload a case of beer and trying again.....)
You lost me here... I will try to read it a few more times.
Everything is displacement when not moving correct?
30ft by 5" ? or do you mean 30' x 5' ? I dont see anything being 30ft long and 5 inches wide being practical, and if you mean 30ft by 5ft then you are already bigger than a 206 fuselage....
I think this is the same as my earlier question, "How slow can you get the aircraft out of the water with the hydroskis?"
Do you have any ideas?
