Gill SR2500 Maiden Float Voyage
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:08 pm
All,
I just posted four photos to the Super Rebel and Moose section '56-S
Aircraft'. These are photos of our Super Rebel on new Montana 3500 straight
floats. (one photo is accidentally huge and the rest are normal byte size).
(If you read this Mike Davis you can go ahead and delete the one big file).
Keith from Montana Float company and his two helpers, Mike and Wilbur, came up
to AK a few weeks ago and strapped these puppies on in two days. I have flown
5 hours so far and am very happy with the way these floats perform. I can't
compare them to Edo's or other floats as my lifetime float experience is
approximately 10 hours including the aforementioned 5 hours, but first
impressions are pretty awsome. Keith from Montana float who was along on the
first flight was of the same opinion.
The floats easily get up on step and are off the water faster than I
expected. The sweet spot seems to be much wider than I remember from my
previous Cub flights, and landings (to date) have been effortless. We are
flying behind 250HP and have flown close to gross already.
If life gets any better than this I don't know how. And for the record, my
experience with Keith, his company, and his floats have been 100% positive.
He really went out of his way to take care of us.
Chris Gill
SR#025, N4965
Anchorage, AK
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I just posted four photos to the Super Rebel and Moose section '56-S
Aircraft'. These are photos of our Super Rebel on new Montana 3500 straight
floats. (one photo is accidentally huge and the rest are normal byte size).
(If you read this Mike Davis you can go ahead and delete the one big file).
Keith from Montana Float company and his two helpers, Mike and Wilbur, came up
to AK a few weeks ago and strapped these puppies on in two days. I have flown
5 hours so far and am very happy with the way these floats perform. I can't
compare them to Edo's or other floats as my lifetime float experience is
approximately 10 hours including the aforementioned 5 hours, but first
impressions are pretty awsome. Keith from Montana float who was along on the
first flight was of the same opinion.
The floats easily get up on step and are off the water faster than I
expected. The sweet spot seems to be much wider than I remember from my
previous Cub flights, and landings (to date) have been effortless. We are
flying behind 250HP and have flown close to gross already.
If life gets any better than this I don't know how. And for the record, my
experience with Keith, his company, and his floats have been 100% positive.
He really went out of his way to take care of us.
Chris Gill
SR#025, N4965
Anchorage, AK
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