BECAUSE of its ability to take off at the maximum weight that it can sustain in the air at sea level, the landplane has always had a greater range than the seaplane. With the advent of the retractable undercarriage, the landplane has now the added advantage of a much higher cruising speed and hence a further increase of range over the seaplane. The retraction of wing-tip floats on the boat type of seaplane would compensate to some extent for the retractable undercarriage, but it is certain that we must increase the ratio of maximum take-off weight to maximum flying weight before we can materially increase the range of all types of seaplanes.


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    Title :

    Seaplane Take-off Weights


    Subtitle :

    Part I.—The Factors on which the Maximum Take-off Performance Depends


    Contributors:
    Jones, E.T. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1934-12-01


    Size :

    3 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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