Talk:Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking

"influenced future flying boats"?

i know it's fashionable to claim that every bit of German aviation technology was copied and the basis for all aircraft development after the war, but this seems like a stretch. Which "future flying boats'? There were only a handful after the war, and none of them have any obvious relationship to the Bv 238. The Martin boats are clearly derived from previous US designs, the British ones were directly developed from the Sunderland, the Japanese Shin Meiwa seem mostly original, and have more relationship to the Kawanishi boats and US designs. The Soviets made a couple that are easily mistaken for Martins at a glance. The only one that's in any way similar is the Princess, and the only similarity is that it has six engines. But those are turbines, and they didn't need to copy German technology to get that idea, or the idea of larger boats. The Dornier designs are smaller and derived from the Do 24. Canadair is similar to US types. Which exact aspects of the BV 238 were used in which "future flying boats"? Idumea47b (talk) 16:05, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

The lead text you are questioning summarises the third paragraph of the 'Postwar' section, particularly Convair allegedly acquired one for evaluation at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the intensive studies leading to the hull design of their Model 117, which in turn led to the R3Y Tradewind. The word 'allegedly' appears as it does in the lead. It appears to be neutrally worded inline with WP:NPOV. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 16:55, 20 August 2024 (UTC)