Originally Posted by
avidflyer
Boeing 307 engines are mounted in the wing not under it. The issue is you have 2 giant cups grabbing the water (engines) and stopping while the rest of the AC continues forward end over end.
Assuming the pilot makes a 3-point impact, wouldn't the engines snap off and take with them part of the wing while the plane continues to bounce and careen forward? When you say end-over-end, do you mean tail over nose, spinning around or cartwheeling? If it's not a 3-point impact with one engine hitting the water first, the plane would likely spin around the y-axis.