[THE ESCHATOLOGIST]

Looks very nice But how are you going to get past the Amphibian hurdle?

Well the idea is either, mount as flaps, although its only really a temporary fix, or possibly mounting instead of Bomb bay doors, or, could just make fixed gear, and hope during waterlandings that you dont do a massive flip.... Right now those ideas are still on the drawing board, and i do not have a definate answer for you.

Since the PBN did not have flaps in IL2, Could you make the floats work on those and have landing gear work normal? I know the ai may want to use flaps though, just thinking.

Umm...excuse me Would this help?: As you may know ertain aircraft in the Il2 series like Spitfires/Seafires and a few others (like some of the US carrier based aircraft) can have their flaps either in the 'raised' or 'lowered' positions only (no in between positions)... So maybe something similar could help this bird with regard to retractable wingtip floats....

But then again..I guess this could help in taking off/landing on water but it could be a (rather serious)hindrance while doing the same on level ground....

Yes & as someone else had already said PBY Catalinas / PBN Nomads didn't have flaps in reality...

Just a suggestion so please don't get me wrong.....