Amphibious MC-130J

[Sundog]

An amphibious MC-130J may actually happen for SOC. If so, I hope we seen one in FS eventually as well. You know you want to!

 

[Priller]

If someone comes up with a normal C-130, I'll be very happy. The more exotic variants can come later!

Just thinking out loud.

Priller

 

[pilto von pilto]

impressive idea. It looks odd with the pontoon style of floats but then how else would you do it ? like those big hovercraft military landing thingy's.. actually that would look pretty sweet!

 

[Tom Clayton]

I like this idea better than the pontoons...

 

[Sundog]

I do as well, but that one would be more costly. Whatever they come up with will have to be retro-fittable, which I don't know if that's an actual word, but you know what I mean. Also agree that it would be nice just to have a normal C-130.

 

[srgalahad]

impressive idea. It looks odd with the pontoon style of floats but then how else would you do it ? like those big hovercraft military landing thingy's.. actually that would look pretty sweet!

Bin dere, dundat...

1967 - https://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/a-puffalo-a-puffalo-my-kingdom-for-a-puffalo-part-1
1973 - the XC-8A https://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/a-puffalo-a-puffalo-my-kingdom-for-a-puffalo-part-2
Photo: https://ingeniumcanada.org/sites/default/files/2018-03/Canadian Aircraft Operator 1 May 74.jpg

Or put wheels on this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_R3Y_Tradewind

A lot of potentially good ideas never developed because the technology or materials were lacking, not because the ideas were bad.