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Amphibious MC-130J

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
 
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!
 
I like this idea better than the pontoons...
 

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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.
 
pilto von pilto said:
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!
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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.
 
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