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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 12/28/2003 7:10:06 PM   
argon


 

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Status: offline 		Looking for help installing Sea Commander floats and retractable float rudders on a Hangar 9 Super Cub.
I know many of you can help me....Happy New Year

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 12/29/2003 2:09:42 AM   
argon


 

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Could use some help w/ the retractable float rudders on the H-9 Super Cub. Plan on using the Sea Commander floats and struts.

Regards...... Argon

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/3/2004 1:46:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		My ffamily and I go dowm to thhe Missouri Ozarks 2 fish and I bring my Tower Kaos on floats. It flys like a dream.....

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/12/2004 12:05:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		1/4 scale SIG J3 Cub with 46" Sig floats

have only got it to a few inches above the water so far - still feeling it out

Getting up on the step has been no problem as this plane has an OS FS-160 twin!

cheers
Peter

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/12/2004 1:13:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have a sig rascal 40 arf on floats and a Great planes tiger moth on floats, soon after lots of test flights i'll have my 96" ikon beaver on floats, the tiger moth has the new gp arf floats, it has just been recently finished and have not flown it wit floats yet. the beaver has one succesful flight on it so far,still tweekin it out

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/12/2004 2:44:31 AM   
argon


 

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Status: offline 		Peter_Oz:
Have been looking for some help with floats and float rudders. Your rudders seem to be fixed and there are reports of them tearing off during landings????
I'm planning on using the Sea Commander floats on a H-9 1/4 scale Super Cub.

Comments,Help????

Regards.....

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/12/2004 9:09:16 PM   
Peter_OZ



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Status: offline 		argon,
this may be true about the rudders tearing off. I'm a novice seplane flyer so can't comment on how they will hold up. The floats are the SIG 46" ones for the Cub and in fact the kit only has the 1 rudder but I added the extra one.

If I run into probs I will retrofit retractable rudders.

cheers
Peter

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/12/2004 10:36:03 PM   
argon


 

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Status: offline 		Peter-OZ:
Thanks for the quick response. The question is how to do the retractable rudders. Hope your landings are smooth and don't need them, keep me posted.
Have not flown RC for 25 years and it is not like riding a bicycle, going through the learning process with a flight simulator and will get a .60 trainer soon. Happy Landings.

Argon

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/12/2004 10:48:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		the rudder on my moth is a kick-up design and it has a hardpoint attachment at the top of the rudder and at the bottom it uses a rubber band to allow it to kick up if it hits anything then come back down

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/13/2004 12:26:11 AM   
argon


 

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Status: offline 		Racer-RCU:
How about a close up of the machanism, I would imagine it is a similar concept used in daysailers, where the rudder is held down by a bungee cord in a similar fashion.

Thanks.Regards and Happy Landings

Argon

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/13/2004 2:43:34 AM   
racer-RCU


 

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/13/2004 4:51:32 PM   
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Status: online 		Argon they are Ernst products rudders and come in two sizes, they are probably the best rudders you can buy for floats.

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/13/2004 8:02:00 PM   
argon


 

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Thank you for the info....so much help, it is wonderful.

Regards......Happy Landings.Argon

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/13/2004 8:55:30 PM   
racer-RCU


 

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Status: offline 		hey even how was that fly-in that u went too, whatcha think of the moth?

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RE: forum starter : what seaplanes you own? - 1/13/2004 11:27:50 PM