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Old 03-16-2013, 10:33 AM
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Default RE: Kadet Senior on floats ?

They should be fine..Put your step under the Cof G and you will be okay...Measure from the back of your prop to your rudder post and multiply buy .75 and see what you get...That should be the ideal length of your float...As long as its close ,with in a few inches you will be okay..The Senior is big for its weight , you will probably need to either modify a set or live what you have...I was just thinking , could you epoxy a foam block on the back to extend them a little bit , and the do the same thing on the step but just 1/2 the distance you extend the float ??...Its nice if the floats can protrude past the prop about 2 inches but not critical...The step is important... The idea of having the float extend past the prop is to keep the plane from noseing over when you apply the throttle...There are other ways to keep this from happening..You apply full up elevator untill the plane comes up on the step and you apply the throttle slowly..When the plane is on the step you relese the up elevator and let your speed build untill the plane is ready to fly...