When the dry lake bed gets water and floods it's only a few inches deep. It's 7 sq. miles of flat. It's 27 miles from my home. We have a kinda secret field 7 miles from my house but it was used the last few weeks as an RV horse stall over flow for the big rodeo that was in town. Surprise!! Vegas is big on rodeos. The rodeo was over Sunday and all the RVs are gone from our secret field but the horse stalls were still there Monday. When they are gone and these storms move out of the area I will get in the maiden. Depending on the water level on the lake bed I may or may not get in the water maiden.
To clear the prop I had to bend longer legs for the floats, the plane looks better with shorter legs on the floats. I had to put larger tires on the land gear too. I took a nip out of the prop just on engine run up.
Anyway, it's been ready to go for a while now. It looks fast but it's just a flat bottom wing like a trainer. Prop selection will determine speed and I strive for slower planes with a lot of thrust. These two planes were built just for two old guys to be sitting on a dock and relaxing on a nice summer day. They were both supposed to be electric powered but my temper got the better of me when trying to figure out the motor and ESC. After I set mine up with the YS we finally figured out the motor and ESC size. #2 is much lighter but he hasn't gotten any farther with it sense I gave him his plane. Once mine flies he will get going on his.