First amphib flight

[Ken]

Thank you to all the guys who forwarded their weight figures. It was
appreciated.

Had some fun splash'in about this morning.

3.5* throat is looking good so far. (Well after I motor boated around
the lake on the step to get used to the nose so high). It breaks the
water around 41 knots. Takeoff distance seemed pretty good but I did
have at least 5 knots of wind.

Climb at close to gross was 570 fpm which corrects to about double the
minimum required.

Now we're having fun :)

Ken




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[ray.mason]

Hi Ken
Congrats on the floats. What RPM are you using for take off and climb?

Ray

On 6/18/2010 10:11 AM, klehman@albedo.net wrote to rebel-builders:

-> Thank you to all the guys who forwarded their weight figures. It was
-> appreciated.
->
-> Had some fun splash'in about this morning.
->
-> 3.5* throat is looking good so far. (Well after I motor boated around
-> the lake on the step to get used to the nose so high). It breaks the
-> water around 41 knots. Takeoff distance seemed pretty good but I did
-> have at least 5 knots of wind.
->
-> Climb at close to gross was 570 fpm which corrects to about double the
-> minimum required.
->
-> Now we're having fun :)
->
-> Ken
->




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