I have been flying mine for a couple of years with an OS46FX and love this plane. I did the silicone seal around the wing and put my receiver and battery in a bag inside some foam and then put a piece of plastic over the front compartment as a shield over the battery and receiver. It is very stable and fun to fly, and if the engine is running it's moving on the water. Try to land it slow because it seems with the step on the float if you hit the water to fast it wants to bounce, touch and go's are a blast. I fly it on weekends at the lake in the summer early before all the boats make a bunch of waves. People come out on their piers and watch and they love it. Great plane in my opinion! Oh, go to the hardware store and get replacement metric nyloc nuts to replace the plane nuts on the bolts that hold the floats on the gear because they vibrate loose.