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That brings up an important point -

You DO definitely want opening windows in your doors !!!

Just imagine trying to push that whole door up against the
pressure of 10 feet or more of water, hanging upside down,
if you flip over on landing !!! -- THE most common water
accident, and the reason for high insurance rates on amphibs !

If the window is open, you could just dive right out the
window, or at least, it will reduce the pressure problem ...
A good reason for opening the windows when landing on water.

One easy way to do this is to use the same top hinge pin for
both the door and the window - just use alternating 'hanger loops'
on the hinge.

......bobp

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:02:20 0400 Warren & Marg Montgomery

I don't have the stats at hand to do a risk analysis but empirical
wisdom suggests that with the high probablity of a water accident resrve
air would be the best investment in safety equipment.

I'm sure there are many sourses but this is what I found with a quick
search.
<http://scuba.com/shop/product.asp_categ ... +Spare+Air>

Transportation Safety Board of Canada also has published a couple of
informative reports on seaplanes.

A SAFETY STUDY OF SURVIVABILITY IN SEAPLANE ACCIDENTS - 1994
<http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/stu ... sa9401.asp>

A SAFETY STUDY OF PILOTING SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND KNOWLEDGE IN SEAPLANE
OPERATIONS - 1993
<http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/stu ... sa9301.asp>

Warren

Bob Patterson wrote:

That brings up an important point -

You DO definitely want opening windows in your doors !!!

Just imagine trying to push that whole door up against the
pressure of 10 feet or more of water, hanging upside down,
if you flip over on landing !!! -- THE most common water
accident, and the reason for high insurance rates on amphibs !

If the window is open, you could just dive right out the
window, or at least, it will reduce the pressure problem ...
A good reason for opening the windows when landing on water.

One easy way to do this is to use the same top hinge pin for
both the door and the window - just use alternating 'hanger loops'
on the hinge.

......bobp

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