Shin Meiwa LA

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Shrugbot Seaplane Suggestion #72

Amphibious Airliner

The LA (Light Amphibian) was a proposed amphibious airliner developed in 1977 as a part of Shin Meiwa’s “Amphibious Air Transport System” project, which sought to develop a seaplane that could fill every niche of passenger air travel (designations: LA, MA, MS, GS)

The LA was designed for service between Japan’s smaller islands. Being an amphibian, it has the ability to land on both water and solid ground, with its front landing gear mounted in the nose and the 2 rear inside the wings. The engines are placed high atop of the wing to increase lift with thrust, very similarly to what is seen with the Boeing YC14.

The LA was the most feasible out of Shin Meiwa’s projects, and thus it was wind tunnel tested and presented as mockups. However, none of the planes from this project were ever built.

Purpose

• Charter
• Cargo?
• Sightseeing

Stats in image 5

Sources:

1. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/shin-meiwa-“gs”.8241/
2. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/shin-meiwa-amphibious-air-transport-system.13955/

This is different from the Shin Meiwa SS-X

[tender crane]

Very cool

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[tiny zephyr]

Beriev be-200 ahh

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shin meiwa

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Cutie. I like

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Real

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I also like

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honey
new japanese shitfuck suggestion

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The Shin Meiwa SS-X was suggested before

But the information for this aircraft was tied into that thread

So I made this one more concise

They look very similar

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Beat me to it (jokes aside, good suggestion and a from me)

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yes
yes
yes

give me moar planes with hulls

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Y e s

This is what I need for my small commuter transportation.

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I remember this

I suggested it before but got confused between the two types