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Anyone using these? Overall quality and actual performance on the water appreciated....

Do they have something built into them that will allow an easy attachment of a water rudder???

I assume they have adequate support at the actual float/landing gear attachment point???

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/floats.htm

Thanks....

mscic-RCU

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Going to Toledo Expo tomorrow, I'll check them out and let you know what I think of them.

JimCasey

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ZeeDoo floats have been around for a long time.
The ones I have seen were well made. It is prudent to install a drain plug for when water gets inside.

There is No "magic bullet " for mounting water rudders to the floats. Either put a brass tube through the float and run a tiller bar through that to a fabricated water rudder, or I have seen somebody fab an add-on bracket to accept a commercial water rudder. The cleanest way would just be to hang a water rudder from your tailwheel axle and forget about modifiying the floats.

Here's their website.
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/floats.htm

They look just like the floats at esprit models!!
http://www.espritmodel.com/accesories_floats.html

Sawyer692-RCU

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Here is another set to consider:

http://www.falcon-trading.com/floats.htm

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The falcon floats will be a little short for what I need, and being the same price as the Espirit floats, I think I'll go with the Glass floats instead of the plastic......thanks for all the replies... In the words of a truly amazing man....
"somewhere southeast of disorder, and between the port of indecision"

Sawyer692-RCU

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A man after my own heart.....PHins up.

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He's here in Denver this month...can't wait....it'll be about #15 or 16 in the last 5 years.....gotta' love Jimmy

Sawyer692-RCU

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Amen. In fact here is one of my future RC projects:

Sawyer692-RCU

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Oh and there is nothing like Radio Margaritaville while browsing RCU

http://www.margaritaville.com/

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I thought about the Albatross as a floatplane...saw it up close and personal at Oshkosh a few years back...surfboard in it and a fly tying table made out of Mahogany with varnish that looked about 2" deep, amomg other things....

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Well then this may look familiar:

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Yep

mscic-RCU

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Hobby Lobby did not have their floats at Toledo Expo. I bought a real nice pair of balsa sheeted foam floats from this gentleman. He calls his business Plane Fun. Ralph Smith (737) 671-0134 or email [email protected]. He uses 1/4" aircraft plywood mounts, pinned into the foam with dowels and 1/4" endplates for fastening the water rudder. Sheeted with balsa with mounts attached. Nice quality, the 34" ones are $55.00.