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Posted: 2/3/2012 11:48:42 AM EDT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShinMaywa_US-2

Has an 1300shp turbine just for boundry layer duty? Cool plane.

Posted: 2/3/2012 4:13:27 PM EDT

[#1]

That is serious cool.

Posted: 2/3/2012 5:12:27 PM EDT

[#2]

Talk about the ultimate all-terrain vehicle! I'd love to make that thing my house.

Posted: 2/3/2012 6:21:42 PM EDT

[#3]

Do Want!! I love flying boats!

Posted: 2/3/2012 6:52:01 PM EDT

[#4]

PFFFTTTTT...................

This is cool.........

Posted: 2/4/2012 2:09:44 PM EDT

[#5]

I see your ekranoplan, and raise you an ekranoplan yacht:
http://www.yachtboutique.com/Designers/Ekranoplan/Ekranoplanintro.htm

Caspian Sea Monster avec Grey Poupon, s'il vous plait!

Posted: 2/5/2012 4:59:29 AM EDT

[#6]

Okay, yeah this is pretty cool.

http://www.shinmaywa.co.jp/english/guide/us2_capability.htm

Posted: 2/5/2012 5:31:20 AM EDT

[#7]

Edited as I was confusing two separate principles. Meaning, I was talking out my ass about something I know little about.

Posted: 2/5/2012 9:03:12 AM EDT

[#8]

Bounday layer aircraft are very cool.

Posted: 2/5/2012 10:08:17 AM EDT

[#9]

It is a very cool seaplane, but where are the minimun controlable and stall speed numbers shown, that was supposed to be what the coolness is all about?

Posted: 2/5/2012 10:16:54 AM EDT

[#10]

ShinMaywa's original spray suppressor and spray strip realize excellent seaworthiness, thereby preventing damage to airframes when landing on water. Together with its capability to cruise at extremely low speeds, the US-2 can take off and land on water with waves up to three meters high.

Posted: 2/5/2012 10:17:53 AM EDT

[#11]

The world's only amphibian equipped with a BLC (Boundary Layer Control) powered high-lift device, the US-2 can cruise at extremely low speeds (approx. 90 km/h) and take off and land on water within a very short distance.

Posted: 2/5/2012 10:26:13 AM EDT

[#12]

at Pima:

Boeing YC-14

Wiki

More info here

Posted: 2/5/2012 10:18:50 PM EDT

[#13]

the incredible thing about this is that while at 95,000 pounds, it can take off in only 919 feet! That's just incredible. Cool plane!

Posted: 2/6/2012 5:50:42 AM EDT

[#14]

The US-2 is basically a Martin P-5M with C-130 engines.

The amazing part is that we had this technology in the 1950s, functionally speaking.

Posted: 2/6/2012 5:51:22 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
at Pima:

Boeing YC-14

http://www.pimaair.org/images/collection/Borinh_YC-14_25.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Yc14-1_072.jpg/755px-Yc14-1_072.jpg
Wiki

More info here

Boeing should be building the YC-14 as a A400 competitor and C-130H1/2 replacement.

Look at the numbers.

Posted: 2/6/2012 6:06:23 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

The US-2 is basically a Martin P-5M with C-130 engines.

The amazing part is that we had this technology in the 1950s, functionally speaking.

the 50's and 60's saw a tremendous leap in aviation technology

Posted: 2/6/2012 7:32:33 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
at Pima:

Boeing YC-14

http://www.pimaair.org/images/collection/Borinh_YC-14_25.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Yc14-1_072.jpg/755px-Yc14-1_072.jpg
Wiki

More info here

Boeing should be building the YC-14 as a A400 competitor and C-130H1/2 replacement.

Look at the numbers.

Didn't Antonov already take it into production? Saw one at BAF. An-74:

A little bit nicer than the An-2 I jumped from.

Posted: 2/6/2012 9:27:34 AM EDT

[#18]

I've never fully understood why the Coast Guard got out of flying boats and amphibians so completely. There are certainly times when a C-130 is useful, but I would also think that an HU-16 sized amphibian with turboprops and a ~220kt cruise speed would be incredibly useful, not to mention probably cheaper than an HH-60...

Posted: 2/6/2012 9:05:38 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

The US-2 is basically a Martin P-5M with C-130 engines.

The amazing part is that we had this technology in the 1950s, functionally speaking.

The Granddaddy..

The bloodlines are evident..

The MacDaddy of flying boats, the Martin SeaMaster. Sadly, these models in the Martin museum are all that remains...

Posted: 2/7/2012 5:03:34 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
I've never fully understood why the Coast Guard got out of flying boats and amphibians so completely. There are certainly times when a C-130 is useful, but I would also think that an HU-16 sized amphibian with turboprops and a ~220kt cruise speed would be incredibly useful, not to mention probably cheaper than an HH-60...

Cost.

Posted: 2/7/2012 6:50:44 AM EDT

[#21]

Shin Meiwa was the depot level maintenance for US Navy flying boats in the Pacific from 1946 to 1967, in addition to having built boats during the War.

Posted: 2/7/2012 8:32:13 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2012 8:46:20 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X-IoinbJyR4/TzESBsuOCgI/AAAAAAABWfM/SsrLBoTY_PU/s1600/PDF%2B7%2B%252816%2529.jpg

The Martin Mars is one bad assed mofo!

Posted: 2/8/2012 2:38:00 AM EDT

[#24]

There is a supermarket chain in the Baltimore metro area called Mars Supermarkets. The brothers who started the chain were so impressed by the plane when they were young, that they decided to call their first market Mars. My father worked for Martin's for over 20 years and was able to work on many of their aircraft as well as watching the Seamaster make its first flight. He said that aircraft was "something else". He also got to see the first flight of the Martin-built Canberra too. And in the early 60's he got to work on the Titan booster for Gemini. I would have given anything to work at that plant in the 40's and 50's.