US Dollar
FT Simple Series Float Set
- UPC:
- FT4053086913
Proof your RC plane against water or snow with this lightweight, foam, water-resistant Simple Series Float Set. Enhance your flight adventure today!
FT Simple Series Float Set
HAVE YOU BUILT YOUR FT SIMPLE CUB, FT SIMPLE SCOUT OR FT SIMPLE STICK AND WANT TO TAKE IT ON THE WATER OR SNOW?
T COMES IN ORIGINAL WATER RESISTANT FOAM COLOR.
The lightweight, foam float kit includes everything needed to complete the floatplane conversion, and is a great option that adds even more excitement to your flight experience! Made out of Flite Test Water-Resistant Foam Board by Adams it will withstand the Test on the water.
Package Includes
- 1x FT Simple Cub Float Set
- 2x Standards 10" Skewers
- 2x Thin landing Gear Wire (.10")
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Look great but glue them in!
The float design is straightforward and elegant. The hardest part was bending the wire. I don’t know how Josh gets such clean bends with just a wrench! Mine looked more like U’s than L’s but it got the job done. Next time, I might invest in a Dubro Wire bending tool.
In the speed build kit, the holes are punched on the wrong side of one of the floats but no big deal. Just eyeball using the other side as a mirror image and punch your own with a skewer.
I tried the floats first off grass with a B size motor and 1600 battery and the cub handled it fine. The water steering ability is limited. Without water rudders, you lose steering ability when taxiing parallel to the shoreline or the wind. Best results were achieved taking off directly away from the shoreline and landing directly toward it. Ease into the throttle on takeoff, keep the wings level and don’t pull up to soon. The biggest challenge was fighting wing rock on takeoff.
If you decide to fly the cub off water, commit to it and glue the floats in. I learned this the hard way when the rear half of the floats mount came out after a loop. I tried to limp back to the beach but crashed in the lake and toasted the ESC…No problem, it gave me an excuse to try a bigger (C sized) motor and 2200 battery with even better results!
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