I put SEA COMMANDER 46" floats under the HANGAR 9 1/5 Piper Cub, with the SAITO 60FS Twin and have flown it for only about 15 minutes TOTAL.
The advise I require concerns WHERE ? does one fly these float planes....
First and only flight was done from a water runway in one of the local clubs. This is not a good location, since there is no real space over which to operate ; tall trees too close, and building and parking lot also too close. Besides, $200 for membership is way too steep to use just one plane.
I do not own a boat, nor do I know of anyone who does. This prevents me from just showing up at a lake and trying to fly, considering the I may wind up dead in the water and unable to retrieve. I choose not to ask any bystander with a boat to help if needing to retrieve, for obvious and numerous reasons.
All of this has put me in a strange position. HOW DO YOU GENTLEMAN SOLVE THE FLYING ON WATER QUESTIONS ?
Rick