Well, I just finished putting one of these together to serve as a duel purpose float and wheeled plane. This project was one of the biggest love/hate relationships I ever had with a plane. I was going to do a full blown write-up on this thing; but shortly after beginning I decided it just wasn’t worth the effort. The website for this plane is http://www.falcon-trading.com/ready%20on%20floats.htm.

Introduction:

The Ready is an all plastic plane. And I mean all. I was surprised to find that the plane was relatively light and very sturdy when assembled. Assembly once you figure out the crappy plans is very easy. The most time consuming part was installing the radio gear. I opted for a Saito .72 and boy does that turn this plane into a blast to fly.
Hits:
The design and appearance of the plane
Flight characteristics
Ease of conversion from wheels to floats and vice versa.
Durability
The floats
Provided CF elevator pushrod
Misses:
Plans – near worthless
Missing/wrong parts
Mismatched decals between floats and plane
Plane Stats:
Wingspan: 61.8"
Wing Area: 604 sq. in.
Radio: 4 channel
Fuselage: 47"
Weight: 7-1/4 to 7-3/4 lbs.
Engine: . .46 2 stroke, .52 4 stroke
What Did I change from plans:
Engine to Saito .72
Engine mount
Float rudder control to single flexible cable

The Misses:

This plane had the worst set of instructions I ever saw. The English instructions for the floats were not even there. Had to have them sent. I spent hours looking at poor quality photos and really screwed up assembly instructions trying to figure this thing out. Pictures were miss numbered, references in the English instructions did not match the photo sheet. Adequate explanation was missing over and over again. Some parts like proper size nuts, extra wing bolt, matching decals, etc., were either mission or wrong.

The Hits:

This plane could have been a really quick and pleasant assembly experience with the right plans. It actually goes together very quickly and easily once you figure it. The design is ingenious and appears bullet proof after several wheeled flights.

The floats are pre-built and putting them on the plane basically involves bolting the struts to them and hooking up the float rudder which is also a great design.

The Saito .72 was large for this plane which meant I could not use the included engine mount setup. However a fiberglass two piece mount worked great and the plane actually came out balanced perfectly with the battery and receiver behind the servo tray. The Saito .72 fit in the nose area just fine.

This plane has great lines and looks very sharp just sitting there. Because it is an al white color you could paint any pattern you want on it, or just leave it stock, as I did, using the provided decals.

With the Saito .72 this plane is very fast and acrobatic. It is one of the most pure fun planes I have had. It is not a trainer with this engine. I know it will be a hoot when I get around to float flying it. I still got to do some prop work to slow it down because it lands at jet speed right now. The airframe is very efficient and this baby does not bleed off speed very quickly.

I will add some pictures in the Review forum when I get a chance.

Hi Steve,
I'm glad to hear you got the plane in the air.

Yes Dave, it is flying sort of. I'm having a bear of a time getting the .72 broke in and tuned. I have a lot experience with a Saito 180, but this .72 is not running well at all. I found out the reason it is landing like a rocket is because on the first couple of flights I could not get the idle below 3800-4000 without dying. That's mid power. I am still having a problem, but last night it started to work a little better, It is still rich on the bottom end I think is why i'm having the problem. I want to get it out on floats so bad; but not until I get it running a lot smoother

My .72 idles high but not that high!!! I think around 2500 or so. The same tuning tips apply from 1.80 to .72 so I'm sure you know what you're doing. When I tune, I set the bottom rich, dial in the high speed needle and go back and reset the low end. I usually try to get the maximum rpm with the slow speed needle and then drop the rpms down to a comfortable level with the radio trim settings. I also use the 30% Cool Power Heli Fuel. This fuel is recommended by Horizon Hobby.