Well of course we need pictures...What was your set up, AUW, and being in Florida, you must be at sea level (of course) you stated "nothing to write home about" is it quite tame or "boring" for you to fly...I would like to try one here at altitude with snow skiis if one could find them...At the float flys we have at the club, the planes here really stuggle to take off from water...We fly at about 5600 ft, so POWER is the answer...Thanks for reading...Kevin in Denver