hi,

i am an experienced flier, but met my match with a Kittiwake which may have had too much elevator throw, it was a disaster. I also tried a carefully built and set-up Modeltech Extra 300 with Zeadoo floats. Water handling superb, in the air, a disaster. I checked and rechecked CGs, float angles and step location, and still wrecked each plane. I accelerated each one to what looked like good airspeed, got each one off the water, and they both "wallowed around" as i fought to keep them airborne. Neither plane survived. They acted tailheavy despite CGs being perfect by the book. My friends all want me to get flat bottom trainers like them, but i really need to be different. any suggestions? does adding a float (or two) just destroy the flyability of planes not intended for this purpose? Do floatflyers deliberately make their planes noseheavy according to the factory-recommended CGs? all suggestions appreciated!

thanks

miles