GONZO Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hobby king UK do ARTF yachts and land yachts. Me, I live less than a mile from a beach with acres of flat sand and areas of shallow standing water when the tide goes out. Ideal for foamy float planes like the HK Skipper. On a sadder note I've still got a Swordsman I and my late father were building back in 1961, he died early '62 aged 48. Its poorly built and will never get finished but its a 'connection' and will never be got rid of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GONZO Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Percy, I hear what you say. But, the 'sand airfield' is used by a number of 'non affiliated'(not even BMFA) flyers locally for electric gliders and aerobat's. A HK Skipper will easily take off from the sand (or grass), no water required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glyn44 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 I'm going to the boat club in the morning, let u know what I think. It's gotta be more than going round in endless circles for me. Racing yachts is lookin good, but we'll see tomorrow. watch this space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 ... and what about your Skywriter MB 2017 project, Glynn? ... or your Baron 1914 'secondary' plan? ... or maybe you should consider building a Hovercraft??? ... at least, a Griffon 2000 is able to handle a bit 'flying' and it goes on water & land as well... Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Things moving on, well backwards! I trekked across town to the King Lear lake understanding that boat club people would be about after 10am weather permitting, and it was. No one there at all, waited an hour still a no show so went home! So boating off for now, although it was a beautiful big lake, absolutely spot on for a float plane, as suggested above. Like it. Problem being I don't know whether flying is permitted (nature reserve). Also none of my flying buddies would be there to help me using a water runway. Still might investigate further. So what to do, I reckon it's gonna be the Skywriter mass build. Just about to work out full costing. The only thing I have to hand is enough servos and lipos. I'll have to decide before Xmas otherwise the money will,go on stupid things like council tax, car tax, and paying all the damn bills that rock up in January ! Decisions, Decisions. PS Mrs C was surprisingly unaffected when I told her of my boating aspirations. I reckon I could get away with it you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 If you go for the Skywriter Glyn, don't forget there's discount available, there's a thread with info in mass build section. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Thanks John, got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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