RE: Cessna Float Plane Project
Photo of the float attachment. The Sea Commander hardware is neat.
The plane is owned by a friend of mine named Mark "Rudy" Diluis. Rudy is the owner of Mark's Hobby Warehouse located in Pittsburgh, PA. Rudy bought the plane used at a flea market, the plane was scratch built. He flew the plane off land and managed to strain it through a tree. He also aquired the floats at a flea market and had them setting at his shop. When I ask him what he planned to do with the floats, he told me he wanted to use them on a Robin Hood. After several minutes of telling how stupid it would be using these beatiful scale floats on a Robin Hood, he considered another subject.
At the start of the project, a Hanger 9 Super Cub was scheduled for installation on the floats, after a day or so, the Cub was deemed unacceptable and the Cessna took it's place.