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Amphibious floats
The Wipline 10000 amphibious float
is an all aluminium construction with
twelve (12) watertight compartments
of approximately 4353 kilograms
buoyancy, featuring:
hydraulic landing gear retraction
system components and cockpit
controls.
cockpit landing gear controls and
emergency hand pump and system.
float water rudder retraction system
and cockpit controls (the water
rudders are locked centre when
retracted for improved directional
stability).
pump-out cups on float top deck
are placed between each float
watertight compartment to pump
out any water in floats before flight.
two water scoops, one in each float.
Amphibian landing gear system
The landing gear incorporated within
the amphibious floats on the aircraft is
retractable, quadricycle type with two
swivelling nose (or bow) wheels and
four (4) (two (2) sets of dual)
main wheels.
Landing gear extension and retraction
is accomplished by two (2) electricallydriven
hydraulic pumps and four
(4) hydraulic actuators one (1) for
each gear.
The brakes are hydraulic and have a
calliper on each main wheel for a total
of four brakes and the steering on land
is accomplished by differential braking.
The nose wheels are full castering.
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Plate 14. View of the Wipline amphibious floats and the
retractable wheeled landing gear. Left side of image shows,
the retractable nose mounted wheels and centre of image the
retractable dual main wheels.
Source Fire Boss LLC, USA
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Fire Boss amphibious single engine air tanker: Final Report, November 2008