tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post8275254515507330108..comments2023-06-23T06:37:53.350-07:00Comments on Practical Analysis of Studio Ghibli Film Aircraft: Porco Rosso Aircraftmauricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934706491139449656noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-42806001650576593632019-09-09T09:39:30.660-07:002019-09-09T09:39:30.660-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.steffen19khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838369630625073598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-61214308319619291012017-09-12T07:57:29.078-07:002017-09-12T07:57:29.078-07:00This content is written very well. Your use of fo...This content is written very well. Your use of formatting when making your points makes your observations very clear and easy to understand. Thank you.<br /><a href="https://www.savemsystem.com/" rel="nofollow">Table saw accessories</a><br />Asim https://www.blogger.com/profile/00782154380266870444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-48252130070178714822016-09-08T16:59:04.687-07:002016-09-08T16:59:04.687-07:00well, some flying boats of 30ss indeed looked like...well, some flying boats of 30ss indeed looked like that as a monoplane with a single engine over its wings, with a floating body and two smaller floats on the wings. some italian ones too, actually checking the wiki i found a candidate for the likely porco rosso aircraft inspiration, it's macchi m.33 racing floatplane from 1925 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_M.33<br /><br />here is a fascinating vid how somebody launches its model, painted exactly like porco rosso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VujAFLAxOw<br />compare with the vid of launching a model of porco rosso's s.21 :3<br /><br />also note, that the s.21 model in https://vimeo.com/32864279 is not completely faithful, it has its side floats hanging in the air while its body floats, meantime they are supposed to be in the water (why would you need floats which don't float?) to add the plane a better handling on the water i.e. that model is too floaty. with the floats in the water it would behave better<br /><br />anyway, x-plane air simulator (a pretty realistic one generally, can be used to predict behavior of a plane of a certain construction, albeit i didn't check how faithfully they modeled this plane exactly) has a fan-made model of s.21 which you can pilot, here it is http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/25628-savoia-s21-porco-rosso-for-x-plane-1031/ , it flies pretty well, is not hard to land and to take off if the waves are not very high but one should be careful during taxing/changing course on the water and its maximal safe speed is rather lowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846280585140805620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-10407577661261435852014-08-01T14:54:59.350-07:002014-08-01T14:54:59.350-07:00Wow! Fantastic! Liked, and good luck with it!Wow! Fantastic! Liked, and good luck with it!mauricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934706491139449656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-92216370482426874132014-08-01T14:53:40.618-07:002014-08-01T14:53:40.618-07:00Ah, interesting! Looks like you'd have to keep...Ah, interesting! Looks like you'd have to keep it dead level on calm waters to get it off the water.mauricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934706491139449656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-78383354402105850932014-02-27T17:46:01.654-08:002014-02-27T17:46:01.654-08:00My daughter loves and has gotten me interested in ...My daughter loves and has gotten me interested in Studio Ghibli Aircraft!mawihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881442271147578829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-20299568779977154822013-01-06T06:25:32.153-08:002013-01-06T06:25:32.153-08:00I am actually building that babe. You can see it h...I am actually building that babe. You can see it here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savoia-S21/485402608137896 or at Deviantart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428192842195629233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571072864472265407.post-89642833809376496442011-09-05T04:45:43.062-07:002011-09-05T04:45:43.062-07:00Hi there,
The pontoons on the Dabohaze are actual...Hi there,<br /><br />The pontoons on the Dabohaze are actually an accurate representation of a typical large flying-boat design in the 20s-30s in Europe... See for example the Latecoere 300 or the Dornier Do X for reference. They would indeed add some drag but the boat's stability when on water is unmatched and obviously a very big advantage in open seas. Dornier actually retook that same design with the Seastar, and the recent Icon A5 also uses a hull with integrated pontoons.<br />In the US, big floatplanes manufacturers like Grumman and Consolidated typically went with wingtip floats with the Goose and the PBY Catalina, with the latter having them retractable in flight for better performance. Different ideas, different designs :)raphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152553180296251548noreply@blogger.com