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Sea Plane reccomendations! - 7/31/2006 12:45:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've have become bored with my little beaver on floats as well as a 26oz. piper on floats and I'm looking for recomendations for another sea plane. I did have a twin Advetura from Hobby-Lobby that I enjoyed but could not stand the maintenance involved with keeping it airborne. Any help is appreciated

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 7/31/2006 3:06:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		There is a no better plane on floats for all around fun and realism and that is a Piper J-3. they come in all ARF sizes and there are floats to match. They seem to have been designed for floats. I added on a Seaplane rating to my commercial certificate in 1947 in a J-2 Cub and have been flying J-3 Cubs on wheels and floats both full scale and model size since. I recommend the 81" ARF from GPs with a matching set of floats. Norm

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 7/31/2006 3:16:54 PM   
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I've have become bored with my little beaver on floats as well as a 26oz. piper on floats and I'm looking for recomendations for another sea plane. I did have a twin Advetura from Hobby-Lobby that I enjoyed but could not stand the maintenance involved with keeping it airborne. Any help is appreciated


Do you want a seaplane or a float plane?

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 7/31/2006 10:22:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		either would be fine. My first preference would be to get a kit -need something to keep me out of trouble for a while :-)

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/1/2006 4:42:31 PM   
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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/1/2006 6:44:42 PM   
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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/1/2006 6:53:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi, yes I do. On wheels I use an AXi 2826-12 motor and when I have it on floats I use an AXi 4120 for very good performance. I use 11.1 volts for the small motor and 22.2 volts for the larger one. I can change motors in under five minutes as all components attach to the motor moumts and firewall. Norm

I also have a 1/4 scale Super Cub with a Quadra 35 on scale EDO floats. All cubs fly exactly like the full scale ones. Super fun,

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/1/2006 7:35:50 PM   
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either would be fine. My first preference would be to get a kit -need something to keep me out of trouble for a while :-)


There's a 38" WS Husky kit , by Fox Lite, through Radical RC, that caught my eye. Can't decide if I want to build a kit or not. It's $99 with the float kit, intro offer. Pic of it on page 27 of the latest MA.

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/1/2006 7:59:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you really want to enjoy seaplanes build a larger one. 60" to 1/4 size is best with an 80 inch or so wingspan easier to handle and transport. 38 inches is very small for a seaplane model and I am afraid it would flit more than fly. Water can not be scaled and a drop of water is a drop of water no matter how big your plane is. Norm

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/26/2006 9:31:57 PM   
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I've have become bored with my little beaver on floats as well as a 26oz. piper on floats and I'm looking for recomendations for another sea plane. I did have a twin Advetura from Hobby-Lobby that I enjoyed but could not stand the maintenance involved with keeping it airborne. Any help is appreciated


Would you be interested in selling the twin Advetura. thanks.

p.s If you want a hot little float plane look at the ultrastick 25e. Just a suggestion.

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/27/2006 3:43:48 PM   
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If you really want to enjoy seaplanes build a larger one. 60" to 1/4 size is best with an 80 inch or so wingspan easier to handle and transport. 38 inches is very small for a seaplane model and I am afraid it would flit more than fly. Water can not be scaled and a drop of water is a drop of water no matter how big your plane is. Norm


Don't know how you figure an 80" wing is easier to transport. Anyhoo I flew a TM-400 on GWS floats for a while, no probs. It's about the size of the Husky that I wrote of and the Beaver that the OP flies is even smaller. You really ought to try a smalller model off water before you comment.

I'm thinking of putting the GWS floats on my MUS PnP just for the halibut.

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/27/2006 4:53:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Charley old friend, I have been flying seaplanes since 1965, first successful RC fllight was with 72 in BerkelyCub. I also won several contests with a Swoose a very small seaplane with an Arden engine. I also designed and wrote about a 42 inch Colonial Skimmer that I flew with a small OS. What I stated was that an 81 inch is far easier to transport than a 1/4 scale and flies more than flits like a smaller seaplane. I carry my 81 Cub assembled in the rear seat area of my Karmann Ghia convertible, remove it throw two switches and fly. Have a great day. Norm

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/27/2006 6:13:58 PM   
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Charley old friend, I have been flying seaplanes since 1965, first successful RC fllight was with 72 in BerkelyCub. I also won several contests with a Swoose a very small seaplane with an Arden engine. I also designed and wrote about a 42 inch Colonial Skimmer that I flew with a small OS. What I stated was that an 81 inch is far easier to transport than a 1/4 scale and flies more than flits like a smaller seaplane. I carry my 81 Cub assembled in the rear seat area of my Karmann Ghia convertible, remove it throw two switches and fly. Have a great day. Norm


Norm, I am not your "old friend." So don't address me that way. What you wrote was that you were "afraid" that a smaller model would flit rather than fly. This suggested that you had never tried one. I replied to what you wrote, nothing more.

I'd like to see a pic of that 81" Cub in the K-Ghia. Especially with the top up. If you throw two switches and fly, it means you didn't do a range check. You ought to know better.

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/27/2006 6:47:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Not My Old Friend, I live in the desert and I never put the roof up on my Ghia, if it rains twice a year it is rare. I put the roof up once a month to clean and lubricate the fabric. I have many pix of my Ghia with my Cub in it but of course the roof is down and I always set up my model before I go including the range check. Sorry if I upset you most of the modelers in California are far more friendly than you appear to be. Have a good life. Norm

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RE: Sea Plane reccomendations! - 8/29/2006 8:16:48 PM   
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