DrScoles

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Just got a 1/4 Beaver on floats. I fly turbines and warbirds, haven't done the floatplanes before, but I have beach rights on the lake right in front of my house with easy access. Pretty tough to get a boat, even an inflatable down there. Want to get an electric r/c boat incase I have a mishap. Water too cold to swim in also. Anyone have a ARF boat they recommend? special attachments to grab the plane??

Thanks, Mike

Hydro Junkie

Are you right on Lake Sammamish? If so, I'd look at something that would be able to pull a rope or cable with floats on it. I know many have used this:

It's big enough to be stable, powerful enough to pull a plane in with ease and easy to handle at roughly 8 pounds and 30" long

DrScoles

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Thanks! Didn't consider towing something to grab the plane, that makes much more sense. I figured I'd have to push it... This opens it up quite a bit. There's one on RCU for sale that goes 72mph.. might have to get that one... ;-). be fun to play with, had boats when I was a kid 40 yrs ago.... wait... I'm still a kid... LOL

JohnBuckner

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Sorry I have no recommendation for any kind of RC tug recovery set up but I do have one question, what do you do when you do that first downwind turn taxing flop over when the water is a bit rough or the wind is up and the wrong direction?

I have done over the years many floaters of a wide variety even Including one turbine powered one and if nothing else it has taught me to never ever fly without some sort of full scale recovery boat.

John

Hydro Junkie

I don't go boating without at least an inflatable boat of some sort. Boats can and do flip and parts don't always stay close by

DrScoles

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I have an inflatable kayak I can use, but really would like to avoid having to use it, plus I wanted an excuse to buy an rc boat! I will be flying on a lake that is glass and no wind. No reason to fly when windy and its frequently perfect conditions in the winter. Summertime I'm flying jets.