When I learned to fly a seaplane, the instructor, a very
experienced seaplane pilot recounted his personal witnessed
landing of a Lake with the wheels down. He is dead now of
old age, so I guess you can just take my word that it isn't
a good idea or you can buy a Lake and try it for yourself.


"Peter Duniho" wrote in
message ...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| news:fc8yg.84357$ZW3.70188@dukeread04...
| If you splashdown in a Lake with the wheels down, the
water
| will enter the nosewheel compartment and cause some very
| serious problems with the next take-off. The airplane
will
| perform an imitation of a submarine.
|
| How many times have you landed a Lake in the water with
the wheels down?
| What data do you have to support your claim that the
consequences you
| mention are assured? And why in the world do you think
that water in the
| nosewheel compartment will "cause some very serious
problems with the next
| take-off"? For someone who presumes to know what will
happen in a gear-down
| landing in a Lake amphib, it's interesting to note that
you clearly have no
| idea that the nosewheel compartment of a Lake amphib is
not watertight, and
| that water inside it is not an issue whatsoever.
|
| I am amazed at your willingness to make claims regarding
topics you
| obviously know nothing about.
|
|