Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:07 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/7osw2jcsi6Q?rel=0
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Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
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Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:23 pm
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:47 pm
This was immediately preceded by "hold my beer and watch this".
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:46 pm
That is a Canadian Cessna 182 about 58 or 59 model. It will easily fly with 20 degrees of flaps (what he used) at about 50 MPH. Kind of a neat trick. Better than trying to launch a 182 from a boat... (not counting an aircraft carrier) 
Nice video, thanks for sharing, that was fun! ...
Nice video, thanks for sharing, that was fun! ...
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:17 am
I question the sanity of ... the guys in the trucks following the plane!
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:33 am
I was chuckling about that as well, looks like a government operation. LOLalgale wrote:I question the sanity of ... the guys in the trucks following the plane!
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:47 am
Like Rjent said the speeds were probably in the 50 mph range. Not a lot of danger there.
Now if they were trying to land that would be a little different.
Naval pilots do this all the time only they up the fun with catapults. And are on a heaving seas and know sooner or later they are going to have to do the same thing in reverse when they land.
Many early German jets used cable driven trolleys to launch from.
Great video nonetheless, thanks for posting!
Now if they were trying to land that would be a little different.
Naval pilots do this all the time only they up the fun with catapults. And are on a heaving seas and know sooner or later they are going to have to do the same thing in reverse when they land.
Many early German jets used cable driven trolleys to launch from.
Great video nonetheless, thanks for posting!
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:18 pm
No one asked the question "How did they land it in the first place?"
I would guess they have done this before and it was a new float plane conversion.
I would guess they have done this before and it was a new float plane conversion.
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:12 pm
That be my guess.Steamdragon wrote:No one asked the question "How did they land it in the first place?"
I would guess they have done this before and it was a new float plane conversion.
Re: Float Plane Takeoff from Concrete Runway
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:36 pm
Truly thinking out of the box.
All the trucks were definitely FAA escort. I am surprised that they were not escorted by emergency vehicles in case of an accident.
Since it looked so new and clean, I am guessing that it was taken apart, hauled by truck to a rework facility, and finally assembled at the airport from which it departed.
An aside: Reminds me of many tricks I pulled developing databases for the Navy while working at NAS Pensacola. I love the ingenuity.
Steve, the old swampgator
All the trucks were definitely FAA escort. I am surprised that they were not escorted by emergency vehicles in case of an accident.
Since it looked so new and clean, I am guessing that it was taken apart, hauled by truck to a rework facility, and finally assembled at the airport from which it departed.
An aside: Reminds me of many tricks I pulled developing databases for the Navy while working at NAS Pensacola. I love the ingenuity.
Steve, the old swampgator