ORIGINAL: ekfinch
Joe, you have a lot of seamasters in the club. Our club is in Gainesville, Ga, which Lake Lanier was built within and around. Some of the city was even flooded when they built the dam. But, most of the flyers use floats on their planes and do not have the Seamaster. With what you and everyone else has said about the plane, I am a little surprised there aren't more in the club.
I do have another question. Did you shim your engine up on the the engine mount? I read somewhere that it tends to pull when the throttle is cut because the engine is pitched down a little. They suggested shimming the engine up about 2degrees. If I did that what would you use for a shim?
THanks,
Keith
Keith,
I didn't do any shimming on the engine on the two I have put together and am not aware of any of the other guys doing any different as we share our procedures. A couple of our SM flyers are great pilots and I expect one of them would have mentioned the issue.
We have a bunch of float planes amongst the members also but the Seamaster is king when the wind and waves are up.
Joe