I am considering building a swoose oldtimer in the seaplane configuration. From other posts I have read in seaplane section concerning the swoose the plane was tail heavy, flew squirly, did not sit on the floats properly. Not a good start. People gave up trying to get it balanced. I am planning on using a short kit from Klarich kits (either 54" or 78" wing span) and modify the Model Airplane News plans of the float plane version (62" wing span) to fit the new size.

I would like to address the issues as listed above in construction if possible. Any ideas?

Would the fuse require any special construction when converting from and old timer to a float plane?

The floats will be permantly attached. Can wheels be attached to the bottom of the floats for grass flying?

See pic below of the 62" version and how it is sitting on floats. I wonder if some production floats (sig smooth etc) would fit and float the 54" or 78" planes better?

Thanks,
Mitch