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Forum: Seaplanes

02-20-2013, 08:01 AM

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Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

I have a little more progress on the retract-into-float project, with a couple more photos. "Scale's" observation suggesting gear doors at the aft mains hit home, and will be installing doors when...

Forum: Seaplanes

02-12-2013, 10:53 AM

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Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

At 50 cents, its the only place we have a high budget!

Forum: Seaplanes

02-11-2013, 06:14 AM

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Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

Actually considered each item you mentioned. Air retracts have small well mechanisms which would be good, but are otherwise a pita. The aft, main, wells are indeed far back and beyond the "dead" area...

Forum: Seaplanes

02-10-2013, 05:08 PM

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Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

My previous Great Planes Kit Balsas have never leaked at all. In this case now, we are chopping the bottom full of holes. Trying to waterproof the wheel wells is maddening. On this go round it...

Forum: Seaplanes

02-10-2013, 04:50 PM

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Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

Thank you scale, I had been doing that previously, and it always asked for URLs, so I don't know what changed but it seems to work!

Forum: Seaplanes

02-10-2013, 04:42 PM

Replies: 13

Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

Hi Ken,
We will get the photo thing figured out, but as to your question, I am using the inexpensive Hobbico mechanical retracts, nose gear model, for both nose and mains. And you are right,...

Forum: Seaplanes

02-08-2013, 06:14 PM

Replies: 13

Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

RE: Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

Well, piddle, I would like to post some photos of these amphibious GP.40 floats, but for the life of me cannot seem to figure out how to do it? Could someone help this clueless one?

Forum: Seaplanes

02-06-2013, 08:29 PM

Replies: 13

Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

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Posted By Lambro

Converting GP .40 Floats to Amphibious

I am building retracts into a set of .40 Great Planes Kit Balsa floats. It has been quite an exploratory ordeal, complicated by the fact that I am not a greatly experienced builder. Has anyone else...

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