Yes, but they had the bombs spinning opposite to the
direction of travel mostly to produce gyroscopic stabilisation
but also to get a higher bounce. If they'd spun the
bombs with the direction of travel they would have
been stabilised but wouldn't have bounced enough.

Therefore, if you could drive a glider wheel backward
during a water landing you would aquaplane further,
but locking the wheel is the best you can get.

The LS's are the best for this, I'm pretty sure if
I was forced into a water landing I'd be braced against
the rudder pedals

At 05:12 05 September 2003, Steve Pawling wrote:
You need to see the movie 'The Dambusters' to see how
this works and
follow their technique. It's been a long while since
I've seen the
movie but if I recall correctly, they tried having
the bomb spinning
before dropping it onto the water.

Steve
LS-3a AM

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Not really! I am looking for enough speed to hydroplane,
with a
smaller wheel than the super cub. If I go too slow
the wheel will not
plane, and the AC will go on it's nose, dive. If in
fact I am able to
plane, after loosing speed while doing so, I should
slowly sink like a
waterskier that lost the towrope.

The trick seems to be, to fly the plane on, not to
stall it on. I
believe those bush pilots! After all, if a 1 ton car
can hydroplane
why not a sailplane with a much lower footprint. I
have not tried it,
but I would take my chances with a locked wheel and
enough speed.
Naturally this could not be done with any kind of
waves!
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