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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
Why not previous designs made with modern materials? The PBY Catalina and the Grumman Goose are both Amphibians.
Imagine either with composite wing structures and electric motors powered by a fusion reactor.
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They would be excellent examples. For some reason though I think that a new development would attract less attention that re-engineering something that has been out of production for decades.
You could attribute it to a project member being a historical aviation fanatic and wanting to have a classic seaplane at each of his homes. Oddly the first 6 fuselages that they build had flaws and needed to be scrapped (wink
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