Show us your seaplanes

[S/L Cechla]

Originally Posted by meatbomber

my girlfriend is just finishing her puddle monster...

Hi Meatbomber......nice to meet you here....
Radek from RCserver

[Bill G]

This has probably already been seen by most in the EDF section, but it's a Saro TG263. I'll fly it when I forget about all the work put in, and the weather gets better.

[S/L Cechla]

Hi Bill G, what a nice plane!!!! No problem with wather in EDF engine?

[rawy]

Beautifull plane Bill,

keep us posted with some inflight pics and best wishes for the maiden

rawy

[7car7]

I'll just link to the description...

http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/show...&postcount=373

Hope it gets off the water!

and 1 teaser shot....

[airmail wf]

Originally Posted by Bill G

This has probably already been seen by most in the EDF section, but it's a Saro TG263. I'll fly it when I forget about all the work put in, and the weather gets better.

Bill that's a really cool plane. Where did you get it?

Terry

[racie34]

I took a Donald seaplane and put the wings from a 3d hobby shop Katana on it....I think it'll be okay.....gonna know this spring

[Bill G]

Guess I should keep up with my posts.

The Saro is a scratch build that began with a GWS262 fuse. I wish we could buy stuff like this from model companies.

As for water, the fan intake is at the very front and high. The splashed water would be behind the intake, as long as the plane is moving in the water.

It's build is in the EDF section. As of now it's at around 450W on 4s, so it may have a chance of getting off of water.

I just started a Macchi M33 build, using a GWS262 fuse. It's pretty close to begin with, and within a few evenings of effort I have the basic fuse. Just finishing reshaping the rudder a bit now. This one is something that anyone should be able to do. Not to much modification to get a pretty accurate M33 fuse.

[Bill G]

Finished the Macchi M33. Gotta brave getting it in the air now.

[Larry3215]

Wow!

As usual, for you, it looks awesome Bill!

[BradT]

Beautiful, Bill, she's very evocative of the film "Porco Rosso", with it's great renditions of '30s flying boats. Be very careful of your bank angle in turns, if you get her too slow and banked too far with that high mounted motor, she'll snap over on you. I learned that with my Puddle Master, which has a similar high-mounted tractor setup. It actually took me about 3 snaprolls into the drink to learn the limits of speed and bank angle with that one. Of course, the first time it happened, another flyer got a pic of me paddling the rescue canoe out to retrieve the plane, submitted it to a national model mag., and they published it!

[Don Sims]

Very nice Bill, let us know how the maiden goes!

[Joel K. Scholz]

Here are some of mine:

[stevecooper]

Originally Posted by Bill G

Finished the Macchi M33. Gotta brave getting it in the air now.

Super plane Bill!!!! is that a single GWS float??
That's what I did on mine as well, bub steve

[stevecooper]

Joel:: You've been at this a long-long time,,, and it shows in the super builds you posted,,Wow! I hope to see and hear more from you!! Welcome to Watt-Flyer,, Where you been hide'in,,HaHaaa! your bub, steve

[Joel K. Scholz]

Steve, I saw my first electric plane (A Zagi) at a Kite convention in Muncie in 2001. At the time I had a business designing and manufacturing kites "Sky Delight Kites". As part of my business I have a laser cutter, so I have been designing planes for myself over the years. Been hangin at ezone for a number of years and discovered this site a few months ago.

[stevecooper]

I hope to here More about your build's here! bub, steve

[RWP]

Originally Posted by BigR

Here's my Emily

John in Kalifornia

Wow, really cool.

[baco]

This is my yellow Puddle Twin II. Also it´s a High Wing Sonic glow powered
Here´s a video also:

YouTube Video

[dmmalish]

here is a .40 gasser that my brother just converted to electric using a electristar motor and 60 amp esc and 4 cell 4000 battery's it flew great on wheels he just picked up a set of floats off craigs list this week for $30 bucks got them mounted today just waiting for a rudder to arrive it looks good i hope it flys as good as it looks

[cpmalish]

nice job by my brother posting the float plane and thanks for the good words

[groessie]

Thanks For The Reply... Nice

[groessie]

Fantastic planes .... What is the push / pull one??? You have some need planes

[Bill G]

Thanks for the comments on the Saro and Macchi.

Brad, interesting comments on the flying qualities. I saw a video of one on YouTube, where I could not make sense of how it suddenly flipped over and into the water, on a landing approach. It was going slow and the pilot was turning slightly, but didn't appear to be slow enough to do what it did. I'll watch out for what you advised, when I get around to flying it.

Steve, the Macchi fuse is a GWS 262 fuse with foam added to the bottom, and sculpted. No GWS floats used.

[groessie]

WoW its quite a plane. If fact your collection is fantastic. I wish I had the knowledge and time to scratch build some planes. I am having a hard enough time deciding on a electric power system for my 7-8 lb Seamaster. Don,t want to waste money.

Again thanks for the reply.