I flew one a few years ago built as per the Nick Zirolli plans. Power was a four stroke although I can't remember exactly which one. The only comment I have regarding the design is that the fairing for the floats are waaaaay to big and added un needed side area at the wrong end of the plane. I would rfeccomend cutting a huge hole in the sides of each fairing to lessen the area. Nice looking plane though. There is a picture of the one I flew one one of the other threads in this forum. Try a search. Enjoy, Peter
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Hi over there, I have just got my plans in, I have seen a 25% Scale up done,Saito .72, looks beautifull. Mine will be 25% scale up: I think, using a Saito .56 or .72 Only hints I can give are, Do your own floats & leave out the little kick at the step. Elongate the nose some 2-3", I agree with an earlier post, reduce the float strut side area. They are a majic looking machine. Mine will be the Cream model with the burgundy trim, just in case you were coming to fly at the Seaplane event in Albury, Australia, next October, so please don't copy my colors.
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Well I've started work on my Swoose, same size as the plans.
You say you're using a Saito .56 or .72. Is that 4 stroke or 2 stroke. I had intended using a Magnum/OS .90 4 stroke, but that may be overpowered. I have an OS .70 FS I can use if so.
What do you think?
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I started my Swoose early May, a long while after I intended doing so, but it's coming along well.
Here are a few pics
I've had to extend the cowl by 45 mm, 2 1/4", to accommodate the four stroke engine, but otherwise it's about the same. The Magnum .91 4 stroke is a tight fit in the cowl.
I've discussed the build with somebody who built one a while back, and he said it was tail heavy in the standard configuration, so the extra length and weight out front should eliminate that.
I'm going to have an oval cutout in the balsa fill in between the legs to the floats as recommended by Peter C above. Apparently it's a little skittish with a large vertical area up front, so almost halving that surface area should settle it down....hopefully.
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Go to YouTube and put in Swoose. I just recorded the only Swoose videoed on YouTube. The plane belongs to a gentleman who lives close. I provided him with a great location to make the wet maiden. Let me know if you need more info.
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Thanks for posting the link hILLVILLE.
It looked stable enough with those huge float fairings. I've put large cutouts in mine to assist with any handling problems because of the large vertical area up front; they were going to be oval but I went for a shape that follows the outline of the fairing. Attached pics show the detail.
It's almost ready for paint, and hopefully flying in about six weeks. It doesn't look as though much has been done since the last pictures, but after spending a few weeks out of town, the float fairings have been added and glassed along with the floats and landing gear fairings, most of the belly decking has been done and ventral fin added, and most of the sanding finished.
The control surfaces are all complete, engine mount in and servo deck installed. I have to finish the belly decking, complete the final sanding and it should be ready to paint.
I was thinking Cub yellow and have tried that on one of the floats; if I went that way, it would probably have dark blue highlights/stripes, etc. The other option is an aluminium colour with maroon or dark blue highlights.
Because of space constraints, I'm having two fuel tanks, a main at 8 ozs, and a header at 2 ozs with a pump. The hatch on the right hand side of the fuselage is to access the header.
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