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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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 Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject: OT New float flying vid |
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Define "Tad" 
Great video! I never considered landing my plane in bog holes like that...most of ours are around 18' deep with no/few deadheads.
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Noel Loveys, RPP, AME intern
Campbellton, Newfoundland,
Canada
Kitfox Mod III-A, 582, B box, Ivo IFA
Aerocet 1100s
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akflyer
Joined: 07 May 2007
Posts: 574
Location: Soldotna AK
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: OT New float flying vid |
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hmm... a tad... that would be just enough to give me unlimited vertical and the ability to hover and torque roll my Avid the same way I can with my 33% Extra 330..
Really, I would think that another 10-15 HP would do it, but I don't like the idea of paying that much for a 912... I can have two avids or KF's in the air with 582's for the price of one 912 alone if I get a basket case as I have done and re-build it..
I would not think of taking conventional floats the places I go with the Full lotus...one stick or rock and you are done with conventionals...
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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 2704
Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: OT New float flying vid |
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My Aerocet conventional composite floats are a bit lighter than the Full
Lotus but as you say they are not good for the real shoal water. Most of
our bog holes are around two or three feet deep and true bogs don't have any
wood in it. I expect the most dangerous place to land on floats is any area
that has been flooded within the last fifty years... No one really knows the
depth of the water or what's under the surface!
I just got a used 912 that is reported to have only 175 hr on it. Of course
I have to get the engine mount from John Mc and no doubt there will be mods
to the cowlings and new controls. I have planned to move the header tank
back behind the seat and the battery there too. The space behind the panel
the small header tank now occupies is where I'll mount the oil reservoir.
Because I'll be using a factory built mount, Transport Canada (TC) is going
to allow me to do an amendment to my W&B and a three minute climb test that
I must be able to make something like 600'... The 582 with the old tach
which read 20% too high and time-exed prop could still beat that climb.
After that I'll be "tethered" to a 25KT distance for 25 hr.
Noel
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