"Newps" wrote in message
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You cannot dig in a tire, it either hydroplanes or it doesn't.

No problem if the aircraft is stabilized, but if the engine even coughs, all
the powers in heaven wouldn't keep a T6 planed on the wheels.
Bottom line is that this is a great stunt, IF everything runs perfectly up
front while the bird is planed on the tires. But the risk as far as I would
be concerned anyway, far exceeds the gain. No matter how you cut this one
down to size and analyze it out, it's a damn risky stunt that has you
putting all your eggs on the razor edge of a crash, and if you DID put a T6
in the water with the gear down at the speed necessary to plane the
airplane, you would be in for one serious hurt :-)
Dudley Henriques