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1450 Amphib Floats On The Move
Moving the float to the hangar in Pembroke required logistical support from my buddy Ray Nash. Ray and I have been flying buddy's for years, and even share a CH601HD ownership. Ray works for a Marina so when it came to moving the completed floats to the airport... a pontoon boat trailer was used. I will paint the floats this week and install / rig them on my CH750 next week.
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Comment by Bob McDonald on June 4, 2012 at 8:38am
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It should fly like a CH750 with two people in the cockpit (extra 200 lbs after you remove main gear & nose tire + gear / fork). The weight hanging low and below will add a stabilizing pendelum effect in turbulence. I expect a 10 mph airspeed loss so a cruise in the area of 85 mph is expected. Performance will be close to a CH701 on floats... but I will have a longer take-off because of the 4-wheel amphibian floats vs straight floats.
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Comment by Jock Struthers on June 4, 2012 at 7:05am
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Bob, What a great looking job. I will be interested to hear in due course how your 750 handles (in the air) with floats as compared with wheels. I cant imagine what it would be like with all that hardware hanging underneath
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