Seaplanes

[Bjarni]

I don't think that seaplanes have wheels. I was more thinking about the famous Talespin seaplane "Sea Duck", picture attached.

I'm not sure we should base future planes on a cartoon

[Born Acorn]

Ive seen planes like the talespin ones in real life.

[Spaz O Mataz]

seaplanes. have wheels and don't depending on model and if they need to go on land. i would have a few different models with and with out whells but bring the wheeled ones in later on in the game, or have them more expensive. they should land on water near by. maybe use a bouy to mark were it lands near then it should go to a dock. if it doesn't have wheels it should be built in a ship depo. if it does it should be buildable in a ship depo and a airport depo.

[Born Acorn]

for example: the dehallivand beaver and muskrat have wheels while the big WW2 planned ones where.

P.S. anyone seen any pics for them? They were massive and blue and were originally intened for beach lanings and could hold tanks and everything in em.

[CoolAsIce]

I think dominiks sea port is cool..

With a lot of speed a plane could just dig a tunnel for you.

[Born Acorn]

I vote for dominik's sea-airport.
Altough both versions look a lot like a small airport, so implementing them will be a breeze

maybe you can do an upgrade to a bigger one?

[Born Acorn]

sory to rez this topic again, but I just had a thought, what about that amphibious helicopter as well?

[Gorre]

Reason why i'm posting here is, that i think, this idea has been forgotten.

[Born Acorn]

I would happily draw the graphics if someone knows C/C++

[Hadez]

Heliports can be built on coasts now, but they will have to be allowed to be built with sea-airports together.
But your graphics is cool!

[Thalass]

Many small airports don't have any control tower or anything, so a seaplane/flying boat could use an unmodified dock, maybe the water depots also? That way you'd just have to do the vehicle graphics and the code for it, and not have to do any new stations.

[Born Acorn]

Yes, I suppose the docks could also take a single seaplane at a time, to make it a cheap alternative to building a more expensive seaplane dock.

[Born Acorn]

As airplane travel became popular during the mid-1930s, passengers wanted to fly across the ocean, so Pan American Airlines asked for a long-range, four-engine flying boat. In response, Boeing developed the Model 314, nicknamed the "Clipper" after the great oceangoing sailing ships.

The Clipper used the wings and engine nacelles of the giant Boeing XB-15 bomber on the flying boat’s towering, whale-shaped body. The installation of new Wright 1,500 horsepower Double Cyclone engines eliminated the lack of power that handicapped the XB-15. With a nose similar to that of the modern 747, the Clipper was the "jumbo" airplane of its time.

The Model 314 had a 3,500-mile range and made the first scheduled trans-Atlantic flight June 28, 1939. By the year’s end, Clippers were routinely flying across the Pacific. Clipper passengers looked down at the sea from large windows and enjoyed the comforts of dressing rooms, a dining salon that could be turned into a lounge and a bridal suite. The Clipper's 74 seats converted into 40 bunks for overnight travelers. Four-star hotels catered gourmet meals served from its galley.

Boeing built 12 Model 314s between 1938 and 1941. At the outbreak of World War II, the Clipper was drafted into service to ferry materials and personnel. Few other aircraft of the day could meet the wartime distance and load requirements. President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled by Boeing Clipper to meet with Winston Churchill at the Casablanca conference in 1943. On the way home, President Roosevelt celebrated his birthday in the flying boat's dining room.

First flight: June 7, 1938
Model number: 314A
Classification: Commercial transport
Span: 152 feet
Length: 106 feet
Gross weight: 84,000 pounds
Top speed: 199 mph
Cruising speed: 184 mph
Range: 5,200 miles
Ceiling: 19,600 feet
Power: Four 1,600-horsepower Wright Twin Cyclone engines
Accommodation: 10 crew, 74 passengers

Taken from: Boeing.com

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As you see, seaplanes are actually a vaible form of transport, and since seaairports cost up to half as less as the airports do, it is primarily cheaper, but with lower capacities

[jabberwalkee_]

How about having a one square control tower that can be connected to a dock (like a bus stop is to a train station) that allows seaplanes to goto docks. The landing space could be assigned in relation to this tower (with or without bouys.....whatever people end up agreeing on)

[Fulee]

How about a big splash when something goes wrong with the landing? (sea-ing? )

[DeletedUser21]

I think dominik's vision of a seaport is good, but if you have many people or goods (or whatever) on the shore, that needs transportation with more boats or sea-planes than the seaport is capable off. Than a bigger seaport is needed. And maybe you might be interested in my little invention:

The Bigger Seaport!!

Can add 2 more vehicles (boat or sea-plane)
Suitable for the few more goods needed to be transported!!!
In just 3 x 3 tiles.

Usefull or not?
please tell me, if it's not I will be thinking of a better one.
(gimme sugestions)

[Born Acorn]

There are other large capacity seaplanes too. There was one that never was built because a war ended, but it could hold several tanks.

[Kruz]

And there's the on the USSR developed.
It had the capacity to carry 1000 soldiers, traveling at I think it was something close to 900 kmp\h and a max altitude of 8 meters over water.
I think they made 1 prototype, but then the Soviet Union fell and the project was abandoned (I think).

Are we talking about the same plane perhaps Born Acron?

[Born Acorn]

The one I saw talking about was blue and US top secret.

[MeusH]

Back to topic, I think passengers and cargo of seaplanes need some piers to load\unload.

How about adding some piece of wood near plane loading point?