Ed, Here are a couple of pics of the same Somethin Extra on two different float setups. I flew it for five seasons on a pair of .40 size Great Planes Sport Floats. Best float flyer I ever had. Finally tore one of the floats off (dumb thumbs) and it sat for a year. I missed it a lot and remembered that it always sat pretty high in the water. Insterad of fixing the beat up float, I remounted the good one in the center and carved some tip floats. I flew it most of this summer and got another couple of dozen flights and another hundred or so landings.

The single main float rig worked OK but it was some different. The all up weight was about a half pound less but the water handling needed new technique. With the V bottom main float and the tip float bottoms set a half inch above the surface of the water with the A/C static, one or the other tip float would drag in the water. During the takeoff run, due to a long ingrained bad habit, I was using only rudder for laterl/directional control until liftoff. These tip dragging takeoffs were really ugly. Of course the answer was to get on the ailerons right away to fly the wings level as soon as possible. Even old dog's can learn new tricks.

Hope you and Flaps keep experimenting. It's half the fun.

Paul