Thanks for that information. I appreciate it.

I always held full back on the yoke in preparation for getting on the step for takeoff with the Lake I owned. I used this same technique with my S-39 model.

If porpoising developed, I would abort and start again. Same with the real airplane. I have 377 hours in the Lake. That's a lot of take offs and landings. Only one aborted because of porpoising.

I hear stories of seaplane models being difficult to get off the water. I'd hate to loose a model.

Charles