>>946456>if all else fails, paint and grease every so often.It will -all- fail. Flying boats are the worst of both worlds. Usually mediocre aircraft (at best) and as a boat? No place to mount downriggers, to start...
If you come within the briefest whiff of saltwater, budget for CONSTANT painting and CC. You will go through lots and lots of LPS3 or Boeshield.
>>946480>And hours upon hours upon hours of maintenance, to the point where it's just not cost-effective to do soYep. You're constantly washing them in an effort to delay the inevitable corrosion.
Image related. Best place to keep a flying boat like a PBY, is in the middle of a desert.
