seaplane

Thanks to Jim and Rick for the kind words. I must tell you that I did the unthinkable today. I flew my plane on balsa and ply kit floats. I put my old Great Planes floats on my Great Planes Cub today and flew it once. It was a hand full trying to get it trimmed until I realised what was happening. When I finally got it back to shore, the left float had probably 2-3 ciups of water inside. There was a long narrow crack right where the two front bottom pieces join. The crack was not there when I put the floats on the plane, but it appeared sometime between putting the floats on and flying. I'm sure if I would have stayed in the air longer, the water would have drained out.
I guess I have been too busy making floats for everyone else to make a set for myself. I love flying that Cub so it won't be long before it has some foam core floats under it.
Ralph