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bradley, jeff - Apr 06,2017
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Has anybody checked out the SeaBear ampib from Russia? Seen a prototype at Oshkosh last year. Found it very interesting. www.seabearaircraft.com
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Wayne Nagy - Apr 06,2017
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That's a new one for me. Is it at Sun N Fun this year? Are they selling in the US? Price point?
I saw the early design of the 4 place Searey that Kerri had at the old shop. Any chance of resurrection?
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Carr, Frank - Apr 06,2017
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You really up for a foreign turboprop twin???
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Wayne Nagy - Apr 06,2017
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No,Frank...but ya never know... :-)
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Troy iRMT Heavy Maint. Enriquez - Apr 11,2017
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pretty darn cool.
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Ken Leonard - Apr 12,2017
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I will admit to liking the twin tails supporting a high horizontal stab. Looks mighty strong.
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Ken Leonard - Apr 19,2018
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Article in water flying mag Jan/Feb 2018 -written by Michael Smith as he visited Dmitry at his factory.
Michael has boundless courage and is certainly an adventurer! Seems like a really nice 4 seat plane if you want a twin with rotax
- which I have long wanted for safety and gas mileage. Dmitry, Valentine and friends appear to be truly talented.
So looked on web, knowing it would be unavailable and way out of my price range, plus the fact that I am openly biased
against anything Russian - blame that on my being a cold-warrior and Vladimir Putin.
Wrote them a couple days ago and Valentine - I believe the only English speaker, wrote back... $189,000 USD for
everything but avionics, powerplants and paint. This does not meet the 51% rule yet! it's more complete than that but still
plenty of work. He invited me to come to Russia to fly it. Damn, that's really interesting. If someone was thinking
partnership, I could probably get the wife to let me fly to Russia... Never thought those words would escape my fingers...
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Don Maxwell - Apr 19,2018
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Runaway fingers!
Ken, you'd have to add at least $40,000 for engines just to make it fly, and then another 5 or 10 grand for suitable avionics. But it does seem to be a great amphib, and rugged. It's probably the best 4-place flying boat anywhere. What interests me most, though, is how so many people are trying to build a better Searey--without quite getting it right. Yes, I'd like a SeaBear. But its mission is different--so I'd have to live different to make it worth the cost and effort. For example, I'd have to round up 2 or 3 other people every time I wanted to go flying (and if I could find 3, there would inevitably be half a dozen more wanting to go, too). That alone would change everything. There would be no more of taking off on the spur of the moment, just to toot around by myself or maybe with a friend, with the canopies open on a nice day.
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Ken Leonard - Apr 19,2018
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Agree Don, although probably more like 70,000 because it would only make sense to have at least 914 with variable pitch props.
Then 20k for avionics and 10k paint. Didn't say it was cheap, but I can actually imagine exploring the world in that plane. Not doing
the Atlantic in a single, thank you very much. Yes, it is a different mission. But at 10gph of high test, that's pretty cheap to keep.
Can't buy it alone but wife willing, I would seriously consider part ownership and the build would be a blast.
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Carr, Frank - Apr 21,2018
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Can't think of much of anything more annoying than having two props spinning right above the head, except maybe two props not
spinning.
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Ken Leonard - Apr 21,2018
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It would be interesting to measure sound in the Searey cockpit vs Seabear. I bet the Searey canopy makes it much louder.
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Carr, Frank - Apr 22,2018
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Ken, My Searey is certainly LOUD! But as I always tell my passengers, noise is good.
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Wayne Nagy - Apr 23,2018
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What????
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Dave Edward - Apr 24,2018
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When the Air Canada B-767 ran out of fuel near Gimli Manitoba, the CVR contained these words of F/O Maurice Quintal to his
Capt......Bob Pearson. " quiet isn't it "
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Ken Leonard - Dec 19,2018
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So Michael ordered one and went back to Russia to check on the build. He also flew a Searey knockoff and reported on it.
The Seabear L45 has the twin 915is engines and feathering props. Video on utube shows takeoffs of maybe 9 seconds. Single
engine climb outs, single engine landings and landings with both engines feathered.
My take is the cruise appears to be something like 100-105 knots. Slower than I would have expected from an all composite
twin but I suspect a fat wing for stol contributed to that speed limit.
If I were a deposit holder on the A5 icon, I would take the Seabear in a second as they actually want to see you flying one.
If I were going to travel the world in a seaplane, this would be the one. Hope Michael has a ton o fun with his.
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Charles Cantrill - Dec 19,2018
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Looks impressive.....I would consider it if I was in the market for a twin amphibian. I like the speed and rang on it. Looked at the website and could not see where it showed a price range, but the video was cool.
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Dennis Scearce - Dec 20,2018
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In the SPA article, Michael reports that the single engine (912ULS) Borey "starting at just over US $100,000.". Thats with carbon fiber hull and decks,. Of course, you still have to get it here - once it's approved for the US. Maybe you could fly it home. That would make a super adventure for Nickens!!
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Don Maxwell - Dec 20,2018
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The Borey looks a whole lot like the Aeroprakt A9 that Larry Woods used to import to Canada as a kit. And the A9 looked like a 3 seat Searey with the engine in the wrong place.
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