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Undertoad · 12-07-2006, 12:40 PM

Another way to look at it: can a sea plane take off if it's floating down a current faster than its takeoff speed? Sure, the minute its props spin, it will be generating enough force to overcome the friction of the moving water.

12-07-2006, 12:40 PM	#64
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Another way to look at it: can a sea plane take off if it's floating down a current faster than its takeoff speed? Sure, the minute its props spin, it will be generating enough force to overcome the friction of the moving water.