RE: seamaster plane questions
I've built three seamasters of different sizes. They all had flat bottoms. a friend of mine built one with a "vee" bottom and had all kinds of problems on the water, while taxing or taking off. Stay with the flat bottom, it's a proven design. There is a smaller modification with twin motors/engines that handles well on the water and in the air. It uses .15 glow engines.
Good luck,
HughO