Throttle

Spacing of floats. My floats are to be 15 inches apart. Is this measurement to be taken from the center line of each float or inside to inside?

khodges

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I'd go with c/l to c/l, although the difference shouldn't matter much. Just make sure they'r absolutely parallel to each other. "Toe-in" will make them plow, and "Toe-out" will make the plane tend to be hard to steer and wobble from float to float.

I set my floats up with the centerlines the same distance from each other as the wheels would be if using conventional gear.

Throttle

khodges, I'm a newbie to seaplanes so thanks for the help. Ok on c/l to c/l, no toe-in or out.

JimCasey

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The etched-in-marshmallows rule of thumb for float spacing is 1/4 wingspan. I agree about parallel but there are those who will argue for toe-in.
(Marshmalllows are not quite as official as if the same rule were etched in granite)

Throttle

Thanks Jim. 1/4 of the wing is 15 inches. I'm going to go with the floats being parallel and give them a try.