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An image of one way to start a seaplane race - from the water. The pilots might have to start their engines at the starting line, or they may be allowed to start their engines before moving to the starting area. These are original designs done in a late 1930s style, intended to be racing at the Spontoon Island setting.
The Spontoon Island website will be presenting new contributions added for Speed Week 24-31 August 2016. Contributors are welcome if you have aircraft designs to repost, and images of racing crews or scenes at the Spontoon racing events would be welcome, too.
The previous contributions: http://spontoon.rootoon.com/SPwRacCn.html
Detailed options for contributors: http://spontoon.rootoon.com/SPwRacCQ.html
A contribution can be very basic: Your own images (or commissioned images with artist's permissions) - reposted (or unpublished) art: Original or historical seaplane designs that would fit into this 1930s anthro/funny-animal setting. Other options: Images of your own original anthro characters in a 1930s sea-island setting, enjoying the racing festival.
I cannot offer direct payment, but I will give full credits, and add links to your art-archive pages.
The Spontoon Island website will be presenting new contributions added for Speed Week 24-31 August 2016. Contributors are welcome if you have aircraft designs to repost, and images of racing crews or scenes at the Spontoon racing events would be welcome, too.
The previous contributions: http://spontoon.rootoon.com/SPwRacCn.html
Detailed options for contributors: http://spontoon.rootoon.com/SPwRacCQ.html
A contribution can be very basic: Your own images (or commissioned images with artist's permissions) - reposted (or unpublished) art: Original or historical seaplane designs that would fit into this 1930s anthro/funny-animal setting. Other options: Images of your own original anthro characters in a 1930s sea-island setting, enjoying the racing festival.
I cannot offer direct payment, but I will give full credits, and add links to your art-archive pages.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1200 x 540px
File Size 175.1 kB
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I've seen your illustrations: You certainly can!
Do you know that this (1930s funny animal) setting would have airship races, some years? Some of those might be serious, but some of the 'races' might be festival events: Big spectacles to entertain and awe the tourists... like a seaport having 'tugboat races', 'coastal freighter races' or 'oil tanker races' for entertainment. You would have to come up with a suitably anthropomorphic blimp crew, however....
Do you know that this (1930s funny animal) setting would have airship races, some years? Some of those might be serious, but some of the 'races' might be festival events: Big spectacles to entertain and awe the tourists... like a seaport having 'tugboat races', 'coastal freighter races' or 'oil tanker races' for entertainment. You would have to come up with a suitably anthropomorphic blimp crew, however....
I saw some old movie scenes of the starts for European auto racing. The drivers (+ mechanics?) would run across the track to the race-cars, which were angle-parked out towards the track. They would jump in and start the engines and turn-out onto the track - accelerating, and dodging the other race-cars pulling out. That seemed to be bad enough, seeing that in the film! (And the couple of race-cars with the mechanics valiantly hand-cranking the engine to get it to start!)
There are some very good basic on-line sources about USA early air-racing. As I recall, the articles there mentioned the scramble to take off, but saved the most vivid descriptions for the soon-after first turn around a pylon that was somewhat near the viewing area. With all the entries starting out at nearly the same time, now in the air, doing abrupt, tight banking to do rising and diving turns, it was very obvious what could have happened with the slightest miscalculation or accident. These races were usually a 'closed' course, with pylon turns, and laps around the same route. So during most later laps in the race, the aircraft had spread apart, and there was less chance of multi-aircraft collisions at the turns.
There are some very good basic on-line sources about USA early air-racing. As I recall, the articles there mentioned the scramble to take off, but saved the most vivid descriptions for the soon-after first turn around a pylon that was somewhat near the viewing area. With all the entries starting out at nearly the same time, now in the air, doing abrupt, tight banking to do rising and diving turns, it was very obvious what could have happened with the slightest miscalculation or accident. These races were usually a 'closed' course, with pylon turns, and laps around the same route. So during most later laps in the race, the aircraft had spread apart, and there was less chance of multi-aircraft collisions at the turns.
There is a very good account of Jimmy Doolittle flying the GeeBee (he'd never even trained in it but was a last minute replacement). He had the good sense to understand it was far faster than any of the other aircraft so he took it easy on the turns and opened it up in the straights.
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