Float Plane Takeoff From A Trailer....

[mwilson]

Probably you pilot types know all about this being done but it's the first time I've come across it...

 

[mwilson]

No, mine would still be puckered.....

 

[mwilson]

 

[Jim W]

WHY? The second screen shot seems to be on a highway/roadway!

 

[mwilson]

Post (2) and (3) are the same plane and takeoff. One view from the tow vehicle and the other view from the escort vehicle. On a runway for sure...

I had never considered what you do to get the plane airborne after changing from wheels to floats at hanger before...

 

[mwilson]

Our local airport (where they happen to make floats BTW) is on the Penobscot River so no big deal there, take the wheels off, put the floats on and get it down to the dock.

But an airport without a body of water nearby makes the trailer take off a viable option.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

But an airport without a body of water nearby makes the trailer take off a viable option.

As long as there aren't any problems that require landing the plane.

 

[mwilson]

Some mention wet grass as being used for a landing...these float plane guys are half nuts anyways...

 

[dieselshadow]

Some mention wet grass as being used for a landing...these float plane guys are half nuts anyways...

Only half? Clearly you don’t know any.

 

[TFucili]

1/2 bush pilot+1/2 barn stormer.

 

[CBari]

I always prefer to land it back on the trailer adds an element of risk to the flight.

 

[GAmes]

Can only be done with RAM. A Furd engine would likely die just as the plane got to rotate speed.

 

[BoeingDiesel]

Can only be done with RAM. A Furd engine would likely die just as the plane got to rotate speed.

I don't know about that GAmes...my brand new F350 7.3 has plenty kick. And as a disclaimer, I have now fully integrated my vehicles. Rams, Fords and Chevys'...guess you could say I'm PC...

 

[BoeingDiesel]

Sorry Mr. Wilson, I didn't mean to hijack your thread.


I don't see a link just a note that says to disable add blocker. Probably my security software blocking it.

Doesn't seem all that dangerous though for an A/C that is under say... 2000 mgtow? A plane of that size usually has a rotation speed of somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-70 kts and a truck towing nearly that speed makes it simple...yank it off the deck.

 

[mwilson]

Sorry Mr. Wilson, I didn't mean to hijack your thread.


I don't see a link just a note that says to disable add blocker. Probably my security software blocking it.

Doesn't seem all that dangerous though for an A/C that is under say... 2000 mgtow? A plane of that size usually has a rotation speed of somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-70 kts and a truck towing nearly that speed makes it simple...yank it off the deck.

Those are videos from Facebook, maybe your software is blocking them...

 

[fest3er]

Not all that different from launching a glider....

 

[mwilson]

I have watched these videos at least a dozen times and have arrived at the following conclusion..

It takes a PAIR of crazies to get this done, one in the plane and one in the tow vehicle...

But they do need to work together as far as vehicle speed and prop speed in my opinion to keep the plane from sliding backwards on the trailer??

And a sudden cross wind could add to the pucker factor....?

 

[JR]

my brand new F350 7.3 has plenty kick.

Sounds like a topic worthy of it's own thread

Ever since Ford announced the return of a large displacement pushrod V8 I've been interested in hearing a 1st person account.

 

[Timd32]

The second screen shot seems to be on a highway/roadway!

Looks like a runway at an airport, but on that note I always heard the interstate highways were "designed" to allow airplanes to land every so many miles. Off to the internet I go......

That actually is false, while planes will land on highways pretty often, it was not part of the actual design according to this Myth page the federal highway folks created.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/interstatemyths.cfm#question5

 

[GAmes]

In South Korea, south of Seoul, there is a stretch of highway with all the markings of a runway. At least, the was in 1985.