I called the Customer Service and there sending me out the correct bracket for the Cessna 177 and a Decal Set Yipeeee!!
I'll make sure to mount the floats correctly like your saying. Alot of manufacturers have therse weak points in ther products like Nitro Planes. You just have to modify around them and replace alot of the rickety cheap hardware they give you. Like CA hinges for a 1.20 size plane.

I don't think there are any plugs for mounting screw in the floats, all I see is two sets of pilot holes in the top of the Float. Wow I hope the floats are the same as in the 3025/1 set. That would be bunk to have the wrong floats.

I have three engines I can put in this plane, A Thunder Tiger .91 Four stroke engine, a KnB Twist .61 Gold head engine and a OS max .71 Four stroke engine.
I'm probably going with the KnB , it's light has alot of power and made of good metal so it can take a little water splash.

This looks like a good plane for flying of water- it's all plastic and can't be damaged by water splashing on it. I have a big sea plane event comming up in May should be able to get this thing going for that.

I have Three Hitec HS325HB servos and Two Futaba 3004 Servos to use are these good enough torqu for this plane. If so would you put the Futaba 3004's on the Ailerons.