336 Floatplane?
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Re: 336 Floatplane?
Saw one about 30 years ago. It was in YAG and the plane had an American registration. The back prop really got chewed on takeoff.
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Re: 336 Floatplane?
I always imagined one with a turbine up front and the rear engine removed!!!???
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Re: 336 Floatplane?
Apparently you can choose to either suck or blow.black hole wrote:I always imagined one with a turbine up front and the rear engine removed!!!???
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Geez did I say that....? Or just think it....?
Re: 336 Floatplane?
I think the upper picture is called an O-2TT, a production airplane, powered with Allison 250s front and back.
The lower pic must be a mod.
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The lower pic must be a mod.
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Re: 336 Floatplane?
The bottom one is a nice looking machine. The top one needs a second engine. One would never be enough to haul all that fugly around. 
Re: 336 Floatplane?
I take that back. Here's the story:HS-748 2A wrote:I think the upper picture is called an O-2TT, a production airplane, powered with Allison 250s front and back.
The lower pic must be a mod.
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http://www.air-and-space.com/conroy.htm
Guess this machine is purely a sucker. TPE 331 powered.
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Re: 336 Floatplane?
the conroy conversion was for outsized loads/air ambulance applications,
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... 02778.html
I don't know anything about the other one except it ran a -34
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... 02778.html
I don't know anything about the other one except it ran a -34

