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The RC-3 Seabee was designed by Percival Hopkins "Spence" Spencer. An aviation pioneer who first soloed in a powered airplane in 1914, he designed the Spencer S-12 Air Car Amphibian. Construction of the S-12 began on March 1, 1941 and the small, two-seat S-12 prototype, registered NX29098, made its first flight on August 8, 1941.
An RC flight simulator is a computer program that allows pilots of radio-controlled aircraft to practice on a computer, without the risk and expense of damaging a real model. Besides the obvious use of training beginners, they are also used for practising new aerobatics, evaluating a model before buying it, and to allow flight practice when ...
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
Another form of slope R/C glider racing is called F3F. The F3F is one of many competition categories for model and full scale aircraft that are defined by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). In F3F racing, the pilot is timed on the course for 10 legs of 100 metres (330 ft) for a total distance of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi).
A small number of seaplanes have retractable beaching gear, which is not capable of being used for landings and takeoffs, but these remain flying boats or floatplanes and are not amphibians. Many floatplanes, especially those since 1945, can have either conventional floats for operating just from water, or amphibious floats, which have ...
Data from Seawind website, which notes that performance data is from the Seawind 3000 with a Lycoming engine General characteristics Crew: 1 pilot Capacity: 3 adult passengers or 1 adult passenger and 3 children Length: 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m) Height: 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) Wing area: 163 sq ft (15.14 m 2) Airfoil: NLF(1)-0215(F) Empty weight: 2,300 lb (1,043 kg) useful ...
Sikorsky PS-3, serving as a transport for the Eleventh Naval district. VJ-5 D11-4 (8285), photographed in March 1930. The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined ten-seat sesquiplane amphibious aircraft.
USS Alaska recovering a SC-1 in March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. The aircraft is awaiting pickup by the ship's crane after taxiing onto a landing mat. A U.S. Navy SC-1 from USS Duluth over Shanghai, China in 1948 An SC-1 Seahawk being hoisted aboard USS Manchester during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from in 1947/1948 Seahawk on board USS Birmingham