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Tad Olmsted
Joined: 28 Feb 2011
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Location: Sebring,FL
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:42 am Post subject: Water landing on Meade Floats |
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Check out our water landing in Sebring this week end. This is the first set of Meade 1430 amphibious floats installed on a Jabiru J230.
YOU TUBE:
J230 Lake Jackson |
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ibgarrett
Joined: 04 Dec 2008
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Location: Westminster, CO
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:10 am Post subject: |
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You mean this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yoa1kwG-1A
Definitely smooth... |
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tadel001
Joined: 12 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Having not flown much with floats, the end seems a little shaky with the aircraft rocking back far on the floats. Is that typical of straight float aircraft? |
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zaitcev
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I was sure he did it on purpose in order to slow down. |
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Tad Olmsted
Joined: 28 Feb 2011
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Location: Sebring,FL
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| We did a few touch and goes. This was the very first full stop. The pilot meant to hold it back. |
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