Comments on: The Life Aquatic http://petej.com/blog/2007/04/29/the-life-aquatic/ Fresh stories and photos of radio-control flying in Northern California. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gary http://petej.com/blog/2007/04/29/the-life-aquatic/#comment-55 Gary Fri, 04 May 2007 05:38:28 +0000 /blog/?p=46#comment-55 Dave, You would love it - no doubt about it. Taking off of and landing on water is living large my man... The planes have to be a little more robust and a little weight helps - it would appear. I agree about 35” twin - which would be grand. Or a Rufe (Zero float plane conversion) with one gws float... If anybody could make that work it would be you! And then I could follow along in your footsteps - Ha ha!!! The drive is killer but so is salt water. Besides – Pete bought one too… Dave,

You would love it - no doubt about it. Taking off of and landing on water is living large my man… The planes have to be a little more robust and a little weight helps - it would appear. I agree about 35” twin - which would be grand. Or a Rufe (Zero float plane conversion) with one gws float… If anybody could make that work it would be you! And then I could follow along in your footsteps - Ha ha!!!

The drive is killer but so is salt water.

Besides – Pete bought one too…

]]> By: Dave http://petej.com/blog/2007/04/29/the-life-aquatic/#comment-54 Dave Wed, 02 May 2007 23:03:47 +0000 /blog/?p=46#comment-54 Gaaarrry! That thing's over four feet wide! Holy cow, it's a flying battle ship. Not that I wouldn't want a PBY. How come nobody makes a 32-33" twin? Argh, it's just too much for me to make. But a Catalina ... Gaaarrry! That thing’s over four feet wide! Holy cow, it’s a flying battle ship. Not that I wouldn’t want a PBY. How come nobody makes a 32-33″ twin? Argh, it’s just too much for me to make. But a Catalina …

]]> By: Gary http://petej.com/blog/2007/04/29/the-life-aquatic/#comment-53 Gary Tue, 01 May 2007 17:02:21 +0000 /blog/?p=46#comment-53 Yes – Definitely bitten by the water bug. I have - for as long as I can remember, wanted to fly off of water. This weekend was a first of many to come. It seems it’s a natural thing to do with an aircraft - at the same time being a lot less forgiving on men and machine. But boy oh boy! Landing or in my case plopping down smoothly on the surface of the water makes you want to shout! Visions of a silicone encased ESC with heatsink protruding… I’ve ordered a Great Planes PBY ARF from Tower to get me into the air in a more realistic fashion off of water as soon as possible. In the meantime I continue my build on the Dornier 18. It begins… Yes – Definitely bitten by the water bug. I have - for as long as I can remember, wanted to fly off of water. This weekend was a first of many to come. It seems it’s a natural thing to do with an aircraft - at the same time being a lot less forgiving on men and machine. But boy oh boy! Landing or in my case plopping down smoothly on the surface of the water makes you want to shout!

Visions of a silicone encased ESC with heatsink protruding…

I’ve ordered a Great Planes PBY ARF from Tower to get me into the air in a more realistic fashion off of water as soon as possible. In the meantime I continue my build on the Dornier 18.

It begins…

]]> By: Gary http://petej.com/blog/2007/04/29/the-life-aquatic/#comment-52 Gary Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:00:48 +0000 /blog/?p=46#comment-52 Workin on the movies... Workin on the movies…

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