First Off I wanted to thank those of you who replied to my previous thread askign for some float help, most notably Seaplane. I have attached a picture of my GP 60 J3 Piper Cub with my floats attached. I tried to take a scale approach with the floats by glassing them and using my new HVLP paint system with Dupont Chroma System Paints.

After my first attempt to fly last week, my floats ripped off the cub due to the poor mounting system that GP provides. With some welding and reinforced fiberglass, I have designed a much more robust mounting platform. However, I am worried about the weight of the plane now. I am using a OS 70II Surpass swinging a 12X8 APC prop. My second attempt last night to get the plane in the air was unsuccessful though, as I allowed the plane to get to speed for quite soem time before lifting off. However, after in the air for a brief period about 5 feet in the air the plane quickly twisted to the left (due to the torque) and into the drink. My guess is that the plane is now too heavy for the engine, and thus did not have enough wind speed coming over the wings for proper lift - resulting in my crash, which seemed to be a result of my forcing the plane up. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Jed