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Float Skies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bob McDonald Oct 17, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Did anybody ever use floats as skies ?
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Instructions to fly my 701
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 7:14pm 8 Comments 0 Likes
I think the most difficult part about building my 701 is to find somebody to give me some instructions on how to fly it.I read a lot about it on the Internet but I need practical experience.Can anybody help?
Heinz Genrich
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Hi Heinz,
Sure looks good. Mounting the floats on the Skyjeep gear is a challenge and pretty much left to the builder. Your installation meant a lot of modifications but sure looks sturdy !
Good going. By the way, have you got pictures of the main gear brackets finished ?
Also, what did you do for the front wheel ???
I'm at this point now and doing a lot of head scratching ...
Regards,
Normand Lambert
Montreal Quebec
Hi Heinz The angle between the upper cabin frame and the top of the float is set at about 8 degrees.The float sits at minus 2 dergrees in relation to the ground level while the wing sits at plus 6 degrees.Zenair recommends to set this angle at 4.5 degrees. I think Bob Jones from Alaska was the first to notice that and changed his 701 to 4,5 degrees. I haven't done that so far but I will.Ask Bob He will tell you how to do it.
Best Regards