It l;ooks pretty much spot on , with the huge floats there theres likely No Problem .
IF accelerating from ' sunk ' the prop tourque would further sink the Inner . A Wee Shove , or Dropping It, onto the water ( motor Running )
saves its bewiderment and myrid of forces ( Lines , Float Drag , tourque , acceleration reaction etc )
But Still , I Made Mine Counter Clock , so if flown from a RAFT , I wouldnt walk of the back of it , on take off .
Id Done a Morley T Bolt with floats , that sat into the wavelets and wind , bogged down ( underpowered )
I walked a fair way back up the beach gently keeping the tension on the lines . HENCE the current ' Lines on the Other Wing ' set up .
The Tourque can actually stuff up flying on grass , as they want to turn out , thus the keel scrubs & sticks .Unless Given a SHOVE .
I Think your only look out will be keeping the lines OUT OF THE WATER . maybe. Speed Flyers Handle way up , Maybe .
Your FLOATS are TWICE the Bouyanct of mine , so youll be out of the ' edge of the margins ' , where on landing
the lines can weight the inner float of the MC72 under & put a tip in the water . Then the WET lines are heavier ( than dry )
so it dosnt want to get back on an even keel . WHICK IS WHY IT NOW HAS BIGGER FLOATS ( 40 % more bouyancey )
But as it was ACE for F2B , if its not gonna go like it did atmosphereically (
) the skinny floats will be remade & fitted .
SO ,
A , Keep The LINES DRY .
B. Give it a Shove , or drop it from 1 or 2 in above water - at least till you see ' how she goes '.
LANDING should show it all above board , and shipshape .What Happens is the WETTED AREA of the FLOATS has A LOT of ' STICTION '
untill its ' On The Step ' . So a drop or shove gets it out of the wallow , straight off .
Lookie Here , Twin Fans ( Hulls big enough for one HUGE One ) Symetrical Airfoil , Stab Trims , so is almost ' full Moving '.
The Say no troubles with snout drinking on it . One or two hit a log, holed and SUNK .
If youve seen the massive Russian Albatross Jet flying Boat , it sits way low - Massive power gets it moving like a ship .
at some speed , the thing surges up like a cork - acceleartes like blazes , with the reduce of drag ( Hydrodynamic ) ,
rotaes and goes up like a 747 , Dripping Gallons .
The 72 Sheds Water effusively , clearing the tide . touch & Go's - the ' Stiction ' gets it cutting the water , and ' in a groove 'in it .
Needs a distinct ' pull up ' to get the turn ( up ) to lift out . ON THE NARROW FLOATS . it doing a fair clip on the water ,
the rotation slows it and it holds nose up a way , gently dropping the nose ( After a Pause * ) it accelerates to flying hight ( 5-6 ft )
Gets You Wishing You Had a THROTTLE .
* the S6 full size , Full Up . ( stick in the stomach ) was held . AND AFTER TAKEOFF .If Realeased or eased it went in , Drowning one of em .
But THAT is on a high loading marginal bouyancey sucker . Worth Noting , but largly irrelevant , as your way out of those ' margins .
I should think youd have no bother . But The T Bolt did a few wingovers into the tide , and flown on Half , tide upwind Wingovered into terra firma
Lines Slack .
So to make a long story SHORT . DONT TAKE OFF INTO THE WIND !
Take your camera & maybe a Video , if you have .
( Dropping the plane from under six inches, Un Going , will show you its bouyancey & Sit . Again with lines & a Bod @ the Handle , Any Differance .
MAYBE Nail On extra tip weight . What We NEED is a Submerged by say 6 in. wharf / walkway . The we can do the ' walk on water ' trip .
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