Conference vmszoo::rc

142.0. "Kittiwake" by CUJO::VINYARD (Baseball Fever... Catch it!) Sun Apr 26 1987 23:43

    I want to start a note about floats and amphibious flying.
    
    I haven't tried any of this but have just moved near a lake and
    have thought about giving it a try.  There isn't much information
    on floats in here... does that mean that they aren't used much.
    
    I am flying a somewhat home grown trainer... 60 sized with a K&B
    61.  Great Planes makes a float kit for 60 size planes... has anybody
    used them?
    
    Also in the May issue of the AMA magazine two pages in from the
    back there is a kit advertised.  It is a TopFlite kit... called
    the kittiwake.  It is a 20-30 sized kit and comes with a main float
    that mounts under the fues. and then has two stablizers that mount
    under each wing.  
    
    How are TopFlite kits in general?  I think that the kittiwake is
    new, so I doubt that anybody has already built one.
    
    Any hints/advice concerning amphibious flight would be appreciated...
    
    Thanks,
    
    Jeff

    The Kittiwake was the cover story article in the November 1986
    issue of RCM.