RE: Anybody flown the Sea Loon?
Alright all you seaplane guys, I would love your input.
The splash rail along the nose helped, but I am still having trouble planing out and water fouling the prop and stealing power.
The plane is slightly under the specified weight and everything is built to plan except since I was using electric power, I went with an 8" prop instead of the specified 7" for glow power, and therefore I raised the pylon (thrust line) 1/2".
When power is applied it seems to plow water and does not rise to plane even with full up elevator. At full power it will splash around the main hull and spray will foul the prop.
All incidences are kept to plan. Do you think I should try a positive couple degrees for the thrust line to compensate for the longer moment arm?