I'm building a 1/4 scale PZL Wilga kitted by Frisch Modellbau. One thing that I may add to it later are floats. The fuselage is epoxy-fiberglass and requires a number of ply/hardwood/balsa formers and reinforcements. It will have a scale interior and this would be the best time to add reinforcement.

There is a ply landing gear plate at the main gear and a ply former where the conical tail section joins the main fuselage, but there is not any reinforcement where the rear float struts will attach to the fuse. This is an epoxy-glas fuse and I think it will need some reinforcement at the attachment points. The landing gear plate is more than strong enough to take landing loads of the 25+ pound plane, but I'm not sure what sort of loads will come from the rear float struts and how strong to make the added rear attachment points. Can anyone give me some feedback on the landing loads of the rear float attachment?

--Bill