 Front Matter.qxd 8/25/04 11:41 AM Page v CONTENTS CHAPTER 1—Rules, Regulations, and Aids for Navigation CHAPTER 5—Performance CHAPTER 2—Principles of Seaplanes CHAPTER 3—Water Characteristics and Seaplane Base Operations CHAPTER 4—Seaplane Operations — Preflight and Takeoffs CHAPTER 7—Skiplane Operations v Skiplane Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Construction and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Plain Ski Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Combination Ski Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Preflight Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Starting the Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Taxiing and Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Idling Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Plowing Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Planing or Step Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Porpoising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Skipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Takeoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Normal Takeoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Crosswind Takeoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Controlled Weathervaning . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Using Water Rudders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 CHAPTER 6—Seaplane Operations — Landings Landing Area Reconnaissance and Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Landing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Normal Landing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Crosswind Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Downwind Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Glassy Water Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Rough Water Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Confined Area Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Go-Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Emergency Landing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Postflight Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Anchoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Mooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Docking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Beaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Ramping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Salt Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11 Characteristics of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Determining Sea Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Water Effects on Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Seaplane Base Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Seaplane Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Seaplane Flight Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Performance Considerations for Takeoff, Climb, Cruise, and Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Takeoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Climb and Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Flight Characteristics of Seaplanes with High Thrust Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Multiengine Seaplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Privileges and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Seaplane Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 14 CFR Part 91, Section 91.115, Right- of-Way Rules: Water Operations . . . . . . 1-2 Rules of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Inland and International Waters. . . . . . 1-2 United States Aids for Marine Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Seaplane Landing Areas . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Buoys and Daybeacons . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Nighttime Buoy Identification. . . . . . . 1-4 Downwind Arc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Downwind Takeoffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Glassy Water Takeoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Rough Water Takeoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Confined Area Takeoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16