Yeah, I either need a mitt or I need to not fly when it's so cold I flew the seamaster today, and I just love it. It was about 25 degrees out and almost no wind. I read that some seamaster have a tendecy to tip stall, but mine didn't seem to at all. The only undesirable characteristic is that the nose tends to dip with addition of throttle. I assume that the problem is caused by the engine being mounted above the plane. It scared me once today. I was doing a low pass at about half throttle. I opened her up to get a little speed before pulling up at the other end of the runway, and it dropped about 5' real quick.
Lomcevacs in a seaplane? I didn't do much for aerobatics, just the standard loops and rolls. I also found out that the seamaster does a great hammerhead. It doesn't seem to me that I have enough throws to get it into a Lomcevac, how do you do it? A couple of guys from the club were watching me today, and I think it inspired one of the guys to finally put his Mariner together.