[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

Looks like an ideal spot! Enjoy!

Finally got my floats wet! Wind went down enough just as it was getting dark, flying went excellent, photographs - not so much. Between the poor light & my son having trouble leading the plane enough, the pictures are not that good. The slough is drying up pretty fast too!

[chuebner]

Originally Posted by OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK

Once you have flown off of the water you will never go back to wimmin'! Just kidding!

Not sure where Long Lake Alberta is but I do work often close to Long Lake Saskatewan.

It just so happens I live 3 miles away from Long Lake on the North West side if you get close to that end.

[roadtech]

Congrats O.P.R.N Nice to see the floats being used this time of the year. I will have to wait a bit, the ice is still 3 ft thick here.
I have a question for the group. I aquired an old Areo 40 that I am slowly converting to electric, I would like to see this on floats this summer, How much experience should I have before attemping to do this?. I know, No Guts No Glory, but I wouldn't want to blow 600.00 worth of electrical parts.
I will put lots of time on my cub with floats before attempting this endevour.
Thanks
Don

[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

My float plane wieghs in at under 4 pounds, has a 5 foot wingspan so any puddle with a couple of inches of water & 50 foot length is fair game. I have flown it off of the grass at the club field too with the floats on!

Your Aero (Star?) 40 will be a little heavier than mine and your Cub so expect it to be faster on take off & landing. Yes it will require a bit more experiance but if you have a buddy that can test fly it for you it will give you an idea of the way it handles & the speeds it likes for take offs & landings.

I didn't do anything special to waterproof the electronics in mine. The radio gear & speed controller are all on the cabin floor so when it turns turtle they are at the highest point & have never got wet. The motor can get totaly submersed & it does it no harm at all!

I know - we had it upside down 5 times one Saturday when we insisted on float flying in a 40 km/h wind!

[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

Originally Posted by chuebner

It just so happens I live 3 miles away from Long Lake on the North West side if you get close to that end.

Could there be more than one Long Lake in Saskatewan? This one is just across the straw curtain east of Provost & north of Senlac.

[chuebner]

Originally Posted by OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK

Could there be more than one Long Lake in Saskatewan? This one is just across the straw curtain east of Provost & north of Senlac.

Well....the Lake is actually called Last Mountain Lake (nicknamed Long Lake as it is about 85 miles long)

[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

I'm going to issue the challenge again this year!

Who will be the first to fly off the water in 2013?

Include a date, place and picture please.

[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

Feb. 2 2013 Well - I gave it a go... I suppose you have to have a successfully landing to call it a flight!

Take off went good, then the camera battery went dead so I made a curcuit & set up for a down wind landing(no water rudders & I didn't want to go wading at -4) to give Jeremy time to go get fresh batteries.

Yup! I overshot the landing & she stubbed her toe hard into the bank. So I will take the time now to put a water rudder on - seeing as I will have the glue out anyway.

Who's up next?

[Dale Hunter]

Mervin, where is the open water? Forestburg? That is only 1/2 way between us, Hmmm.
-Dale-
But I did get 5 flights in today at the Trout Farm.



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[OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK]

Yup! You guessed it! I should have done the flying first while it was calm but Jeremy wanted to fish so we did that first.

As far as I know I'm off next Saturday...