Splash and Dash Searey Seaplane Delights                            May 1 3:11 Guest User - Request Membership Layout | Log In | Help | Videos | Site | Emails  Search:   Front Page Calendar Photos Add Photos News Add News File Cabinet Add File Cabinet History Add History * Searey Info * Add * Searey Info * Polls Add Polls Classifieds Add Classifieds Utilities Create a New Site  News View All News | Add News | Emoticons | Mark Unread Search News:      Category: 477,Searey Fun Previous Item - 5.8 is nothing when your ... This will go to the previous thread in this topic.       Favorite option: If you want this item to be marked as a favorite, click on the black heart.   Sunset Flight         Next Item - New Searey enthusiast, ... This will go to the next thread in this topic.    Don Maxwell - Aug 21,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Here's a little video of a short flight last evening, just as the sun was going down: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1vSJ9Q4jrs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1vSJ9Q4jrs</a>          Frank A. Carr - Aug 21,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Very nicely done, Don. Maybe even better if you added more real-time narration??          Don Maxwell - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Good idea, Frank. I can walk and chew gum at the same time, but not sure about flying and narrating...          Jerry Ratcliffe - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Nice video Don. About how much altitude did you lose in the stall?          Don Maxwell - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     You have sharp eyes, Jerry. The total altitude loss shown in that part of the video was probably about 500 feet. I wanted to come down quickly to be sure of enough light to see the water when landing--did a wingover just for fun and pulled the power off before the halfway point, thinking to keep the speed low, and the pull at the end was slow and easy to keep the nose down. But I did the power reduction too soon, and it stalled briefly before the wings got unloaded. (The rest of the answer is too technical for this site, but I'll email it to you.)          Eric Batterman - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     In case it gets a little darker..       Attachments:   lantern floating          Troy iRMT Heavy Maint. Enriquez - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     wow great idea for night water landings.          Don Maxwell - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Beautiful! Send some this way, Eric. To my eyes, the light down on the water was slightly dimmer than the camera made out, but there was plenty of it to land safely. Ten minutes later it might have been just a teeeensy bit darker than comfortable, especially if the wind had died back down.          Dave Edward - Aug 22,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Seems to me that a little darkness never held you back. Dave King still talks about that evening.          Don Maxwell - Aug 23,2011   Viewers  | Reply     Aw, Dave, I never would have learned to do night water landings without Dave King's encouragement. But it really wasn't dark out on the water that evening at Turtle Cove. This one was about the same, maybe slightly lighter. <br /><br />Eric's floating lanterns would be great for a real night landing--if anybody were desperate enough to do one.

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