[Brown747]

"Although I'm wondering how you could do a landing .... "


A couple of times I have a landed floatplanes in the grass alongside the runway. Wet or dry grass without any damage to the float bottoms. Quick deceleration but full directional stability. Departures were done from a dolly like in the above video. The dolly had a brake system that could be released after getting a little power in which created airflow over the rudder for directional control. As the weight of the airplane came off the dolly at flying speed, brakes would apply to bring the dolly to a stop.