rzapp

Here is a couple of mine

25% cub old h-9 version cloth covered
KMP CL-215

the picture with the moon is a favorite

RCPtero

Rick,

Love the shot of the plane in front of the moon!!


Tom

flyingwings

Attached is my Polaris delta. It is a Steve Shumat depron design with a 28 inch wingspan. It hasn't flown yet. Inclement weather

Also my Northstars.

Paul

Mustang Fever

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Laddie's Arrow on Lake Cadillac, Michigan

Avaiojet

I'm recovering mine, it's in the upper left. Anyone know the airplane?

Charles

ccrebidoux

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Here's a link to the water trials of my Arado. Haven't figured out why I couldn't get it to lift off. Some have suggested the AOA of the wing is too much. Doesn't see to have reached a speed for the wing to be effective enough to have stalled. Another suggested the water rudders are too effective. Any suggestions are appreciated.

http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q...GB&emb=0&aq=f#

Chris

Mustang Fever

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Chris:

Two things that I noticed- floats are probably too close together, that's why it keeps dipping the left wing when you get up on the step. (Unless you've got a L/R balance problem or a warped wing.) Second thing is way too much positive incidence between the wing and the floats. 2-3 degrees is the most you need between the top of the floats and the centerline of the wing chord.

jrf

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Yes, 2 or 3 degrees between the wing chord line and the top of the floats is about the max. I did not see much change in the floats between displacement and on the step. Are the float bottoms a conventional shape? I realize that you are trying to be as close to scale as you can, but sometimes scale doesn't work in the real world.

Jim

mintie

wing incidence is to great..reduce to the 2/3 deg suggested.the floats dont seem to be getting up to the plane.In my opinion the wing is stalling because if you look at all your video you will see the right wing also dips into the water...If that aircraft was flowen off land ,the tail would be up and near parallel to the ground when it was at flying speed..your aircraft cant get there , because the incidence is to great and the tail is to low to allow the aircraft to get onto the plane. This is creating a stall like take off.it seems the wing and floats are fighting each other. Dont give up change the incidence and you will find a different craft. Good video,and a nice aircraft. good luck ...cheers

seaplane

I agree totally, the AOA is too much. Raise the front of the floats or lower the rear of the floats to achieve a 2-3 degree positive incedence with the tops of the floats.
Seaplane

ccrebidoux

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Thanks guys,

I'm in the process of changing the wing incidence via adjusting strut lengths. Sorry for derailing the subject of the thread!

Mustang Fever

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I think anytime we can help each other out then the thread is OK. Besides, you had a cool video that probably counts as 2000 pictures.

nimaldes

is the conversion hard to make from land to sea plane and is a glow plug engine a better idea than a 420 brushless

SushiSeeker

You obviously need to attach the floats to your airplane at two points. If your "conversion" plane is a taildragger, you can use the front landing gear hard point, but you will need to add an additional hard point aft of the CG. Trike planes already have a HP fore and aft of the CG.

As for glow vs electric I think you are asking for an Apple vs Windows comparison. Either will get the job done and there are pro's and con's to both. In the end it comes down to what you want to fly. (my $0.02)

Avaiojet

Anyone know the difference between a "seaplane" and a "float plane?"

I know the difference, but I'm curious as to how others may view this?

Charles

nimaldes

is the seaplane the more traditional with two long floats and a float plane a single hull with floats fixed far out on thw wings or on a pole like an outrigger. This is probably wrong as it was a total guess but i wanted to try. is it wrong?????????

mintie

OK guys seems we are a bit side tracked here. There has been some very usefull information shared ,but the thread was for showing our float planes.
Here is mine..A scratch built 1/6th Super Cub, 72 in span, OS 46 power.The plane now is 19 years old and still flying.

nimaldes

so wats the difference then

ccrebidoux

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Nothing. A seaplane is any aircraft that uses 1) floats be it a single or twin 2) a fuselage constructed to the shape of a boat hull to land and take off from water.

A float plane and a flying boat are TYPES of seaplanes.