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Pilot-34

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Most of me is in IL but my hearts in Alaska
I’ve spent a lot of time looking At the remains of a old Cessna-210 laying on the ground.
I keep seeing a flying boat.
The engine is missing and there’s a folding chair where it was so it’s easy to envision the cockpit there,perhaps something resembling a WII bomber glass nose.
At one point a couple of boards laying against the wings. Looked like props to me.

What would it take to
1 bury 200-250 hp in the fuselage with drive shaft drive to a prop on each wing.
2 build a cockpit ahead of the firewall.
3 Add a water planing shape to the bottom of the. Hull.
4 whatever else I’m not thinking of to make it work.

Now please don’t tell me it can’t be done.
I know it can.

Tell me X will cost $xxx and weigh x and take xxx man hours.
In other words tell me about the challenges and let me decide if it’s impossible FOR ME.
 
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