No, I didn't see the photos. I'm just talking about floatplanes in
general -- stalling at low altitude is the last thing I'd want to do in a
floatplane, for exactly this reason. Do you have a link to the pix?

Seth

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Seth Masia wrote:
Agreed. A full stall landing isn't a good idea on floats, because it
means you come down on the tail of the floats -- and this could mean
pitching sharply forward and possibly going up and over. Instead, you
want to settle at minimum sink rate on the step, regardless of whether
it's water, grass, snow, plowed field or pavement, and come to as gradual
a stop as possible using the keels as your brakes. Which is exactly what
happened in this case. Bravo.

Have you *seen* the photos? There's no way you could bring that plane down
on the tail of the floats. The miracle is that the noses didn't dig into
the grass.

George Patterson
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