42etus: With the floats on the plane it increases the wing loading. With a higher wing loading the plane could very well experience different side effects.

I have checked the incidence of the floats, made sure there parallel, made sure they are centered with the fuse, put the step just behind the CG, checked the CG of the plane, and even took the rubber band off the water rudder to make sure it wasn't catching when it took off. I have checked it all so I am confident the problem is not float related unless someone can suggest something else to check.

Last night I adjusted the engine and it now has about 2.5 degrees of right-thrust.

The reason why I believe I have enough speed is because I took off three times and it took off straight as a string. Then after those three flights the engine bolts became loose so I took them off to put loc-tite on them. My thinking is that for the first three flights I got lucky and the engine had right thrust but then after I put loc-tite on them I wasn't paying attention and it had a little bit of left thrust.

So now becomes the long wait until the thick layer of ice melts from the lakes so I can give it another go.

Josh,