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Re: Pontoon Plane revisited
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Sat, 13 Nov 1999 01:01:01 GMT
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Aha, it looks as if the fuselage itself is a third pontoon, and supposed to
be in the water. :) Does this mean Joseph has to re-evaluate his
assessment?
--
Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
http://theForce.net
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful
than you can possibly imagine."
Hao-yang Wang <hywang@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:FL3yz3.8tp@lugnet.com...
> Take a look at the picture of Vickers Vedette, a pontton plane designed in
> 1920's: <http://www.canadianflight.org/gallery/rbr_o04.htm>.
>
> Now take another look at 5925 Pontoon Plane. Does its design look more
> reasonable now?
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> (When I got my 5925, I put its engines backward to make it a pusher • design,
> because even though 5925 has two engines instead of one, somehow it still
> reminded me of Vickers Vedette.)
>
> An introduction to Vickers Vedette:
> <http://www.totavia.com/aeroware/aircraft/vedette.htm>.
>
> Links to more pictures of Vickers Vedette:
> <http://aviart.tcel.com/p-vedet.htm>
> <http://www.nmstc.ca/nam/educ/namedu/vvad.htm>
> <http://www.bushplane.com/gallery/set01/photo01.jpg>
> <http://www.chapleau.com/hk/hk5.jpg>
>
> Cheers,
> Hao-yang Wang
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| (...) Hey, good point about the body of the plane functioning as a pontoon. I did overlook that possibility (though I'm still not too crazy about the pontoon plane set). I don't remember if I already mentioned this, but simply including a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| Take a look at the picture of Vickers Vedette, a pontton plane designed in 1920's: (URL). Now take another look at 5925 Pontoon Plane. Does its design look more reasonable now? (When I got my 5925, I put its engines backward to make it a pusher (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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