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Not all float planes need extra fins !! They are usually
only required if there wasn't sufficient tail volume in the original
design. The Rebel certainly works just fine without anything extra....

(Some builders have added dorsal fins - this is purely for
cosmetic reasons - they like the looks, and can adversly affect handling.)

I wouldn't worry too much about mounting fins on the stab
in any case - structurally, it would be much better to mount a
fin to the bottom of the fuse ..... IF it were needed !!

.....bobp

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At 01:17 PM 8/29/02 -0400, you wrote:

On 29 Aug 2002 at 8:49, Rhodes wrote:

I have not looked close at mine yet but I believe float planes will
need a ventral fin somewhere - the beaver usually has them between the

I seem to remember someone asking about that, and the answer was
that the (Super?) Rebel has enough rudder/vert stab. in the design for
float operations. We'll know soon enough if that's really true on the
Super Rebel and the new floats.

---
David Parrish


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