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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/26/2005 2:23 PM   
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Very nicely done !
Your floats look superb. Can you give us more details ? How did you do this rivets ? What about the system to attach them to the fuselage ? Is it made of wood covered steel rods ?
With a OS160 twin, you have a dream machine... How does this engine perform ?

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/26/2005 6:00 PM   
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When I took these pics I had just finished everything except the water rudders, the engine has not yet been run but others I know that have this plane and engine combo are extremely happy with the engine and the way it handles. The rivets came from microfasteners
www.microfasteners.com/catalog/products/TNMRVL.cfm and were placed with tweezers and ca after drilling all the holes. The brackets were made by myself with the exception of the streamline tubing to replicate a real cub on floats I have pics of. The forward fuselage mounts are the brackets that came with the ARF and the rear are made from K&S sheet aluminum and bolted thru the fuse into a ply backing. Kinda hard to explain everything as there's a great deal involved but with this setup the system can be changed to other aircraft because they are adjustable fore and aft and laterally.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/26/2005 8:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here are a few of mine. But first I have to say you guys have some fine water birds and CF-DRG my hats off to you, that is one BEAUTIFUL Husky and the beavers are one of my favorite both turbo and old round engine.

Mine can not possably compare to some of those posted here but I liked them and they flew great.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/27/2005 1:34 AM   
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It´s a 1/4 Super Cub, converted from Sig J-3 kit. Floats are scratch-built, I used Jim Pepino´s Edo round-top float plans as a reference, anyway I made them floats flat-top. Saito FA-120S engine. No flights on floats yet, maiden flight ASAP.



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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/27/2005 3:38 AM   
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( photo by Alasdair Sutherland)

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/27/2005 7:37 PM   
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/28/2005 11:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very nice work, Bud ! This is quite a heavy duty setup ... Isn't it too heavy ?
I guess this is made of aluminium... Is there any room for "play" in the system in the long term ? I would bet aluminium would not handle structural stress that good ...

Your floats look so real , are they made of aluminium too or wood ?




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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/29/2005 1:31 AM   
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/29/2005 1:42 AM   
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I have finished my Sunderland, as yet i have to fly it off of water but with the addiction of two dolly wheels fixed in the the hull it lfies off land superbly... The wing span is 165 inchs and it is a home design, using a high lift wing profile.wieght is 44.8 lbs. I am hoping to fly it on the uk show circuit during 2005
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/29/2005 9:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks strykass,
The floats are fiberglass and all up weight (floats alone) is roughly 5 lbs. The aluminum brackets are made from bar stock and should have no problem structurally. 6061 T6 would have been the best grade but I used a slightly different grade. Should be no play as everything is cross braced. Should have no problem weightwise with the 160 and that big wing.

Sky shark....excellent job, how about giving us the low down on how you did the detail and what material you used? Looks like sea commander floats.

Phil...you are to be commended, that's a beauty. I can imagine the work that went into it.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/30/2005 8:25 AM   
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They are Sea Commander floats with the Sea Commander strut system. After seeing your floats it inspired me to give mine some detail. The info and pics you e-mailed to me before I started was a big help (Thanks). The rivets are microfastener's, 1/4" plastruct L was used as angle and the hatch covers where made from a round servo horn and O-ring. They are primed and painted with dupli-color laquer spray paint purchased from autozone.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/30/2005 9:19 AM   
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Thanks and you're welcome. Just happy I could help, you've done a beautiful job on them. I seem to remember sending you pictures of the bottom also, did you add rivits there too? I still haven't done my water rudders. Are you using ernst rudders? Looks like you have a pulley system....That's what I plan on doing too. How did you rig and what did you use for pulleys?

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/1/2005 12:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bud.....Very nice plane indeed.
Here's my second try off water. I just finished my Extra 260, SOoooooooo I'm looking for that 3rd float plane. The best part is my Wife really like's the float planes, and thats a good thing

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/1/2005 1:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice! Almost bought one of those but bought the big stick 40 instead for my Irvine 46. If your wife likes float planes you've got one up on a lot of guy's.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/1/2005 9:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Any of you seen a Us Aircore Trainer on floats? OH MAN I have one and its soooooooo great. It is really pretty in the air and flys like a real floatplane with a .40 in it. It gets on the step and then flys, instead of just off the water and strait up. You really need to coax it into the air, GREAT FUN. Once it gets going, its quite quick moving, oh I also live in the San Juans and there is a float plane airline with turbine beavers and if I fly next to one in the air, they are very hard to define which is which. I suggest this plane to anyone who wants an all around fantastic floatplane.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/3/2005 11:30 PM   
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No I didn't add rivets to the bottom of the floats, however I did add strakes (I think that is the correct term) like you would find on a boat hull. The water rudders are Ernst which will be retractable when done. As for the pulley system I used robbe 12x6mm rollerblocks (part #1322) and robbe stainless steel cable (part #1321). I have no pics of the pulley system as of yet, I'm still toying with different configurations. As soon as I get it done I will post some pics.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/4/2005 12:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks skyshark, Don't know if I sent this one or not but I added strakes also.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/4/2005 8:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'd like to hear from some float fliers with 1/4 scale Cubs/Super Cubs and gas engines. I'm considering a 31 cc Ryobi w/ electronic ignition. Your shared experiences would be appreciated........Thanks

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/6/2005 10:44 AM   
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/6/2005 10:47 AM   
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/11/2005 12:43 PM   
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Float pictures

Sorry, language is in Norwegian :-)

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/11/2005 5:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just finished floating my converted Sig 1/6 scale Super Cub. The floats are hollowed pink foam with hardwood hardpoints. Not very origional but flies and looks good. Here's a link to the tread about making a J3 into a PA18.
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/11/2005 8:48 PM   
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/22/2005 9:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		I want to thank all you Northstar builders for your input in the forum. I really liked the covering job on Ryanpilot's plane. I have been silently watching and learning from you guys as I have been building. Today I finished it, took some video and pics, and then had a maiden flight. What a fantastic plane. I'm using a Vmax46 with a 9x8 prop. I'm going to try a three blade prop or a 10 inch prop. My 10 inch prop is so close to the fuse that I was a little worried about a hard landing and cutting the plane to shreds. Just wanted to thank all of you who have been sharing your thoughts and ideas with some of us who are quitely building and learning. I am a teacher and my auto-reply is to the school, so if you want to talk to me: shill@fwi.com. Thanks guys.

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 7/22/2005 10:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi HillVille !

Congrats for your maiden ! And for sharing these pictures as well... I have some free web space to host a vid if you wish.

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