This would be a good candidate for a rotary, I think. Turbo compound 4
rotor? I like big airplanes.
http://www.privateerindustries.com/index.php
C. Smith
Ducted fan will not get them over 130 MPH or so.
The other major problem is water spray through the prop.
These guys are babe's in the amphibian woods or scam artist :)
Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it:)
Paul Lamar...... In NZ
That looks a bit like that Candaian twin boom design which DID fly,
but without any ducted fan. It came in both single and twin models
if I remember,,,,,,big floats on the twin booms.
Marc
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