TOP SECRET PHOTO FROM OSHKOSH

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glyn
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TOP SECRET PHOTO FROM OSHKOSH

Post by glyn »

hey guys. got something really interesting for you to see. this has been talked about but under wraps for some time. here is a link and a sneak peak of the Oshkosh airshow and what Remos has done...

http://s643.photobucket.com/albums/uu15 ... ?start=all

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Post by frfly172 »

great photo glyn.looks like remos is here to stay covering all angles of light sport.great photos of osh also thanksagain
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Post by KSCessnaDriver »

This plane has potential to be amazing. I love flying the Remos, and can't imagine how much fun it will be to fly on floats. I would hope that eventually they work their way down to flight schools for rental. Any performance specs or is it just coming out now?
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Post by glyn »

actually, when i took the picture the floats had been installed 10 days earlier. so there hasn't even been any flight testing done yet. but im told that within 2 months the hours will be put on the floats and us dealers will know more about it.
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Post by DaveB »

Cool pictures, thanks for sharing....anything from Icon there?

This one looks like the white spy vs. spy :lol:

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Post by KSCessnaDriver »

glyn wrote:actually, when i took the picture the floats had been installed 10 days earlier. so there hasn't even been any flight testing done yet. but im told that within 2 months the hours will be put on the floats and us dealers will know more about it.
Thanks for the info. I'm totally looking forward to hearing more on this. It looks really good. Hopefully, those floats don't weigh too much, and the useful load stays right where it was, or just slightly lower. A LSA with a 575+ useful load on floats would be amazing.
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Post by KSCessnaDriver »

After looking around for a while, I've came to the conclusion, through your pictures and my EAA sport pilot magazine, that the floats are Downwind Technology Shark Series. So, according to their website, the floats would weigh in around 200 pounds. That is the typical weight, including all spread bars and all of the mounting hardware. So, by the time you add the 110 pounds MTOW increase, and the weight of the landing gear and struts coming off, I'd be that useful load is going to drop somewhere in the neighborhood of 65 pounds or so. Still, it looks amazing.
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