Seaplane (Presentation)

The first manned and controlled but though unpowered hydroplane flight took place in June 1905 and was create by French aircraft designer, builder and pilot Gabriel Voisin, on the river Seine; it was a towed flight, at 15 to 20 m altitude and 600 meters long.

A seaplane is a plane capable of taking off and landing on water. They seaplanes that can take off and land on airfields are a called amphibian aircraft.

The word "seaplane" is used to describe two types of air/water vehicles: the floatplane and the flying boat.

A floatplane has floats, mounted under the fuselage.Only the floats of a floatplane are contact with water.Floatplanes are unable to go on wave top than 12 inches (about 31 centimtere).

In a flying boat, fleet thanks to fuselage, which acts like a ship's hull in the water because the fuselage's underside has been hydrodynamically shaped to allow water to flow around it. Most flying boats have small floats mounted on their wings to keep a flying boat stable.

An amphibious aircraft can take off and land both on conventional runways and water. A true seaplane can only take off and land on water. There are amphibious flying boats and amphibious floatplanes, as well as some hybrid designs as an exemple floatplanes with retractable floats.

Un hydravion est un avion capable de décoller et d'atterrir sur l'eau. Les hydravions qui peuvent décoller et atterrir sur les aérodromes sont des amphibian aircraft.

Le mot «hydravion» est utilisé pour décrire deux types de véhicules à air / eau: l'hydravion et le bateau volant.

Un hydravion à des flotteurs montés sous le fuselage. Seul les flotteurs d'un hydravion sont en contact avec eau. Hydravion sont incapables d'aller au-dessus des vagues de 12 pouces (0,31 m).

Dans un bateau qui vole, flotte grâce à fuselage, qui agit comme la coque d'un navire dans l'eau parce que le dessous de fuselage a été en forme hydrodynamique pour permettre à l'eau de circuler autour