supercrow
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Smith Pond near Millinocket, Me
Good morning Mike. Can't answer your question directly, but for what it's worth. I have seen a couple float planes that landed hard on the water and was surprised at the results. I watched one at the Greenville fly-in 20 yrs. ago that stalled and dropped about 10 or 12 feet into smooth water. The lower longeron bowed up something over an inch between the main gear fittings. I don't know if it broke or not but it surprised me at the time that it bent at the location. It was a 180hp A model with no electrics. A great performer. I competed against it several times when Dan Dufault was flying it for the owner. Dan did not bend it, the owner did. Just found it interesting.I'm still scratching my head at how/why those tubes broke in that area in front of strut (rear gear fittings) on floats....