Originally Posted by Squawk7700
whereas others are sitting at their computers posting in disbelief...
Seems I've caused you some offence Squawk...
It is not the beach and/or salt-pan landings upon which I call bull****. Quite the contrary. In years past, I have done many beach ops, in a Commercial capacity, in BN2, C172 and C177. Some days I would do 5 or more beach landings a day... quite far from merely sitting at my computer in envy of those "living the life".
No. Rather I AM calling bull**** on anyone espousing throwing a brick, can of peaches or whatever from an aircraft in-flight, expecting to base their judgement of the surface suitability on the behavior of that object.
The correct way to achieve the object here has been described previously in this thread.
The brick or can of peaches yarn makes a great "boys own" story, but to offer it as advice to someone planning an excursion to a place that may require assessment is in my opinion dangerous at best.