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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/26/2005 11:23:52 AM   
Strykaas



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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 3:00:21 PM   
Bud Faulkner



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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 5:31:53 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 - 6/26/2005 10:34:39 PM   
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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 12:38:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice model - looks like twin sister of mine! Mine doubles as glider tug, has zenoah 62 engine, and can climb vertically to cloudbase............
( photo by Alasdair Sutherland)

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/27/2005 4:37:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Seamaster over the Laurentian Hills at Deep River. Hmmm I just noticed how fuzzy it is when you crop it & blow it up -- sorry folks

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/28/2005 8:49:57 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 - 6/28/2005 10:31:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		They are almost done. Hoping to have it flying in the next month or so!

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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/28/2005 10:42:52 PM   
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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
Happy landings
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RE: Seaplane pictures - 6/29/2005 6:30:06 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 5:25:13 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 6:19:54 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 - 6/30/2005 9:55:21 PM   
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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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