Christopher Wolfe

Thanks David. I plan to go flying off the lake in a week or three when all the holidaymakers have departed so shall take some photos. Currently on the building board is a DB 'Mighty Barnstormer" with my mods for floats, flaps and 2 piece wings to plug into a fixed centre section. I found a short kit locally for less than $100 Au and as well as the full size plan all templates were supplied on sticky paper. Power is to be a new Saito FA -100T, it should look nice with the heads poking out both sides of the cowling. I think that if my calculations are correct and so comparing the weight of the Saito twin to the average .60 two stroke engine from when the Mighty Barnstormer was originally designed my calculations resulted in shortening the nose by 24mm (about 1 inch). Better than adding lead to the tail. Power should be (hopefully) adequate for the conversion and to lift the Mighty Barnstormer to fly above the lake on floats . I shall post build/progress photos if anybody is interested. Skippy

G''day from down under. This is my first posting to this forum so time for introductions. I live next to a large lake, so tend towards floatplanes, All my models are carefully built by hand, usually from traditional balsa and ply but carbon fibre and Mylar covering are becoming useful as I learn how to use them properly. Regards from down under Skippy