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JimCasey -> Anyone built a Kittiwake? (4/26/2002 1:08:38 PM)
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I built a kittiwake from the original run of kits.
It was my first water plane so I may plead inexperience, but it was REALLY squirrelly taking off. I think the sharp-edged float had 'way too much keel effect, and if I touched the rudder at all on takeoff, it would trip, dig a tip float in, and cartwheel. The aluminum supplied for the Float Struts was soft, and had to be rebent after every non-optimal landing.
I finally got a Wing Wfg foam wing for it, left off the tip floats, and was able to get airborne carefully.
OTOH, on wheels, the KW Flew like a KAOS, and would snaproll quicker than anything I ever saw. Ken Willard designed a great little sport plane.
You have plenty of motor. I had an OS .20 FP and the plane was FAST!
Good Luck
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