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jack(at)comconn.com
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:45 am Post subject: Austin catalina

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		  I lusted over the Catalina long and hard before buying my Model IV back in the

early '90s. Is it as fun as it looks like it should be, Jack?


	


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		  Not much legally landable water here in Arizona, just Lakes Powell and Havasu,

I think.


	


The catalina is fun to fly, but pretty draggy- cruise is around 70-75 

indicated, and it seems I'm

always in a headwind.  I have to fold the wings to get it into the 

hangar, and to make that

happen takes around 45 minutes- the wingspan is 36 feet, and when they 

fold, the floats

are lower than the tailwheel.  You also have to take off the rear cowls 

(five pieces) before

folding.  I load it on a trailer- *before* the wings fold, the tailwheel 

weight is 105 pounds!

There's no suspension other than the turf-glide tires, and only two 

inches or so of clearance

on the keel when sitting on the tailwheel.  I've yet to land on a grass 

runway, but soon...



Its fun to fly off the water.  I want to widen my horizons, so I'm 

building on an osprey II,

which should get there much faster.  It'll make the sport stall speed 

with the longer wing option,

and as the builder, I get to declare the gross weight, which will be 

1430 pounds...



One nice thing George Bush did as governor in Texas is declare all 

bodies of water that are open

to motor boats (without horsepower limitations) to be open to seaplanes 

as well.  There are a few

limitations on *where* on some lakes you can operate, and some lakes are 

closed to operations

by petition, but, not many.



I did this video a while back.. http://youtu.be/v8N8fQ803iA



-Jack

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michaelgibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:24 am Post subject: Austin catalina

Great video and info, thanks Jack!



Mike G.

Phoenix, AZ

Kitfox Series 7

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		   On Apr 2, 2017, at 6:41 AM, Jack Bell <jack(at)comconn.com> wrote:

 

 The catalina is fun to fly, but pretty draggy- cruise is around 70-75 indicated, and it seems I'm

 always in a headwind.  I have to fold the wings to get it into the hangar, and to make that

 happen takes around 45 minutes- the wingspan is 36 feet, and when they fold, the floats

 are lower than the tailwheel.  You also have to take off the rear cowls (five pieces) before

 folding.  I load it on a trailer- *before* the wings fold, the tailwheel weight is 105 pounds!

 There's no suspension other than the turf-glide tires, and only two inches or so of clearance

 on the keel when sitting on the tailwheel.  I've yet to land on a grass runway, but soon...

 

 Its fun to fly off the water.  I want to widen my horizons, so I'm building on an osprey II,

 which should get there much faster.  It'll make the sport stall speed with the longer wing option,

 and as the builder, I get to declare the gross weight, which will be 1430 pounds...

 

 One nice thing George Bush did as governor in Texas is declare all bodies of water that are open

 to motor boats (without horsepower limitations) to be open to seaplanes as well.  There are a few

 limitations on *where* on some lakes you can operate, and some lakes are closed to operations

 by petition, but, not many.

 

 I did this video a while back.. http://youtu.be/v8N8fQ803iA

 

 -Jack

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