Talk:Seaplane

message: Quote from "Seaplane uses and operation": "Seaplanes are much more fuel efficient than helicopters and, unlike helicopters, can land when they run out of fuel, weather permitting."
Helicopters can land quite fine without fuel too, see the Autorotation article. I guess you meant "land in the sea", if so, that should be clarified. I didn't correct it since I'm a n00b, I can do it if you don't mind. --GunnsteinLye 22:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The whole paragraph is pretty unclear. I may take a shot at revising this if no one else steps up in the next week or two (and I don't forget).--chris.lawson 01:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And helo's come with fixed and inflatable floats, so could well be considered seaplanes, too! Akradecki 20:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Helicopters can land without fuel too...

message: I thought it was fairly well understood that floatplanes and flying boats are quite different types of aircraft.  To design, build, maintain and fly.  That they are both seaplanes is also indisputable!  And the rules and regs support my view:  Go look.  A seaplane is _any_ aircraft which can land(sic) on water.  There should be three articles.  Seaplanes should mention there are two main categories and link to them and not say much more.  And the other two articles should remain separate.  Floatplane should not #redirect here.  Paul Beardsell 14:30, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The "rules and regs", as you say, don't differentiate between them in the US (I don't know JAA regs at all), but I agree that the two types are really their own distinct topics. Unfortunately, I don't think there's enough material for separate articles; what should probably be done instead is to rearrange this article somewhat to reflect the logical division of seaplanes into flying boats and floatplanes.--chris.lawson 14:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You may not be aware that there is a separate flying boat article.  Paul Beardsell 16:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A parent article for [[floatplane]] and [[flying boat]]

message: I'm not an aviation historian, but I'm pretty sure that seaplanes were popular in the early days because of the absence of landing fields (airports). If that is the case, it ought to be in the article. Lou Sander 22:59, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early use of seaplanes 

message: I believe the diferrences should be said more than the definition difference, such as what does that change in them, you know? As a complete noob to seaplanes, I know no sh*t about it, but it LOOKS like flying boats can go thru more wild waters, such as a stronger river or maybe even some calm beaches? Is this true? or both floatplanes and flying boats should only be used in rivers/lakes? Are there no major differences besides those? Could any crazy dude remove the lower fuselage of an floatplane (and pontoons and stufff) and convert it into a flying boat with little problems? Or reverse, add an aerodynamic lower fuselage to the flying boat and add pontoons without major worries (such as severe instabilty and the like)? 189.5.143.217 16:18, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Floatplanes vs. Flying boats 

message: A user moved this article to the title "Water Aircraft" without discussion, and it has been moved back by a subsequent editor. As a note about this was placed on the Project talk page, I came along and cleaned up the places where the word "seaplane" had been changed, as well as some other cleanups.
To the person who moved it: Please do not do this without a thorough discussion and consensus first. Thanks. Akradecki 03:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Aborted move to "Water Aircraft"

message: There are some pretty impressive ones. I've seen 'em in pictures, but I don't know anything more about it. Seems like somebody knowledgeable should add them to this article. Lou Sander 22:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Beriev A-40 is our article on one of them.   has a great crazy giant seaplane at the top.  Tempshill (talk) 04:21, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contemporary Russian Seaplanes 

message: I came to the article to look up what are the largest differences in performing takeoffs and landings in a seaplane as compared to a conventional GA aircraft that lands, you know, on a runway.  Could a knowledgeable person provide a summary?  Tempshill (talk) 04:15, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Differences in landing them 

message: The first flight over the south Atlantic was made by Portuguese naval pilots Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in 1922, from Lisbon (Portugal) to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)!!
I've corrected the information on the article, but if there's anything wrong with it, please let me know in here. Thank You.
:It would help if you could provide a reference or citation to add to the entry. And as this related to the history of seaplanes it would help if we knew what type of aircraft was used. MilborneOne (talk) 15:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  First flight over the south Atlantic 

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message: This is almost word for word the same as the Flying boat article. Would it not be best to merge them?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.18.232.37 (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not as they are not the same thing, a flying boat is just one type of seaplane. MilborneOne (talk) 15:03, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Duplicate article?

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message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZgUZgS24o
-Inowen (nlfte) 22:49, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a ground-effect vehicle, also known as an ekranoplan. Interesting to be sure, but not a new concept. Sario528 (talk) 12:09, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Boat-plane hybrid

message: Step is mentioned in article Planing, its the "bump" near the back of the body/float(s) that allows separation on seaplane from water surface by greatly lowering drag on the water. Unfortunately the "step" causes excess drag at speed. The Sanders-Roe fighter seaplane and some others had a retractable step to reduce drag. Shjacks45 (talk) 18:43, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Step" , please note 

message: "Throughout 1910 and 1911, American pioneering aviator Glenn Curtiss developed his floatplane into the successful Curtiss Model D land-plane, which used a larger central float and sponsons. "
What?
If the Model D is a land plane (and it is), why did it "use a larger...float and sponsons"? The Curtis Model D has no floats. Perhaps it was developed from an earlier floatplane (seems dubious since it dates from 1910), but the Model D itself was not a floatplane, and it doesn't say anything about it being developed from a floatplane in that article. What I'm guessing this is supposed to mean is that the Model D land plane (which may or may not have been developed from a floatplane) was developed into the first amphibian, with floats and wheels. The volume taken up by the wheels would have necessitated larger floats to develop the same buoyancy. Or the Model D was developed both into a floatplane and the first amphibian. As far as I know the D was designed as a landplane, and I am pretty sure Curtiss did develop the first amphibian. He certainly didn't "develop his floatplane into the Model D land plane, which used a lager central float". That simply makes no sense. 
70.16.214.90 (talk) 00:37, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  This seems mistaken, at least