Twin Otter crash
sure would be trying to work out that acute angle to the swell crest, as slamming into the water (face of a swell at a near right angle) in an airplane is a much harder stop than it would seem! I have spent a lot of time looking down at ocean from the cockpit of a single, thinking how I would ditch it. In my flying boat, in mild conditions in the nearby lake, I can practice
I have also flown the Twin Otter on floats in salt water, even in a protected cove with good planning one can hit hard and shake the fillings out the teeth.
(No soft rubber tires, no soft shock absorbers on a rigid metal only float plane, like hitting concrete if you don't grease it on)
The Twin Otter on wheels is a pussy cat. On floats it can be a tiger.
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Agree 100% Mr. Pilot DAR:
I have also flown the Twin Otter on floats in salt water, even in a protected cove with good planning one can hit hard and shake the fillings out the teeth.
(No soft rubber tires, no soft shock absorbers on a rigid metal only float plane, like hitting concrete if you don't grease it on)
The Twin Otter on wheels is a pussy cat. On floats it can be a tiger.
I have also flown the Twin Otter on floats in salt water, even in a protected cove with good planning one can hit hard and shake the fillings out the teeth.
(No soft rubber tires, no soft shock absorbers on a rigid metal only float plane, like hitting concrete if you don't grease it on)
The Twin Otter on wheels is a pussy cat. On floats it can be a tiger.
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