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Old Jan 19, 2013, 08:42 AM
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2 inline engined plane ?
Was there such a small American flying boat ? After WW II.

I am probably confused. It had 1 tractor engine and 1 pusher . No web search shows such a plane.

Rich
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Old Jan 19, 2013, 11:42 AM
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Was there such a small American flying boat ? After WW II.
You could start on the Short Sealand, but that was British. The Republic Twin Bee had two pushers - inline I think.
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Old Jan 19, 2013, 11:15 PM
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Dornier had a long history of this kind of setup. After WWII they came out with modernized versions. The US Navy never had anything like this in their modern seaplane flying boats.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 09:14 AM
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I tried a few searches as well, no luck.

The nearest would be something like a Dornier Seastar for an inline push-pull configuration as the props would still need to be well above the water.





Could not find any American manufacturer of anything similar. I doubt that any home built aircraft would have gone for anything so complicated.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 11:59 AM
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See what happens when you get really old.
Can not remember stuff.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:45 PM
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Can not remember stuff.
You remembered where you started a thread, that's quite an achievement for some
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 07:41 PM
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You could start on the Short Sealand, but that was British. The Republic Twin Bee had two pushers - inline I think.
Years ago, I got some time in a twin Seabee. As I recall, the twin engines were not inline, but rather left and right, on the top of the wing. Nice flying airplane, though.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 09:16 PM
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How about a Savoia Marchetti S 65

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Old Jan 21, 2013, 06:35 AM
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I had a senior moment.

I can recall ( MADE UP ), it having them inline for the torque free flying if 1 engine failed.

Only thing that has failed ? Is my mind.

We now return you to normal flying.

Thanks to all.
l Rich
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Old Jan 21, 2013, 07:15 AM
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Maybe ?
The Dornier Seastar. Modern design of old Dorniers.
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