Low&Slow
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Not exactly sure what you mean, but I'd prefer to live off grid someplace beautiful and just visit a "civil society" if I need to.
Owning a floatplane but not living on waterfront property
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Low&Slow
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I'm not tracking.
They leave the plane on a trailer at the airport in a normal tie down spot, but how do they launch it like a boat if it isn't at the lake? I guess they could pull the trailer behind a truck going down the runway and lift off when airspeed is fast enough?
But then, how do they recover the airplane from the lake and get it back to the airport without pulling the wings off to go down the road?
There's something I'm missing, but not sure what...
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
There is a lake at the airport. I forgot to mention that I was referring to Lake Hood, it has a Lake and an airstrip.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/PALH
Low&Slow
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Haha!
Okay. That makes sense now!
I don't know of any airport around here that is on a lake or river, so that probably isn't going to work for me unless I get an airplane with folding wings.
Low&Slow
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Is it significant maintenance troubles, or something else?
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
I’ve got a little time in an amphib Super Cub, only con I can think of is how expensive they are.
z987k
Well-Known Member
Corrosion. Holy god corrosion. All those bits that move on an amphib.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
All those moving parts are dissimilar metals. Now dip that in salt water and you’ve created a battery, which doesn’t lend itself to those moving parts continuing to move.
Bear
Well-Known Member
What determines if a body of water can be considered a legal place to put down / take off ?
My daughter has a property on a nice wide calm river, close to a nuke plant, and one afternoon we were all startled to see a 'floatplane' touch and go, still wonder if that was legal, of course who could of or would have done anything !!
My daughter has a property on a nice wide calm river, close to a nuke plant, and one afternoon we were all startled to see a 'floatplane' touch and go, still wonder if that was legal, of course who could of or would have done anything !!
