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Don Maxwell - Apr 14,2008
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A SeaMax showed up at the Sun-N-Fun splash-in on Lake Agnes. Here it is taking off. I count about 22 seconds from the time it got on step until it finally became airborne.<br /><br />A few days earlier, a likeable guy who was displaying it (or another one) at the main show asked what I disliked about the SeaMax. I began with the canopy. He said that they supply with the airplane a hammer with which to break the canopy (I doubt that it would work underwater) and 20 minutes of compressed air (which might keep you from drowning for 20 minutes). He also said that the new LSA version has a breakaway nosewheel fork so that when you hit the beach hard, the nosewheel retraction mechanism won't break. I went and looked at some other airplanes.
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Bruno Grondin - Apr 14,2008
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Their is a SeaMax for sale here remember the guy I told you that is on my lake, well he want to sell it arround 50K and its bran new...any takers...hehehe
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Thomas Alexander Bowden - Apr 19,2008
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Hi: I'm New. Whats wrong with the SeaMax? I was thinking of gettin one.
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Don Maxwell - Apr 19,2008
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Welcome, Thomas! <br /><br />Instead of complaining about the SeaMax--or any other specific airplane--maybe it would be good just to list a few of the concerns that many pilots have about seaplanes in general.<br /><br />The most common cause of fatalities in seaplane operations, I believe, is that the occupants survive the impact, but drown afterward because they can't get out of the airplane. Although hull-type seaplanes are somewhat less likely than floatplanes to flip upside down if the nose gets too low, it certainly can happen. So THE question is: If the seaplane is inverted in the water, will you be able to get out? Will the canopy open readily underwater? If the the water is shallow and the canopy is resting on the bottom, is there some other way to get out?<br /><br />Another common concern has to do with the landing gear. Tri-gear is somewhat easier than conventional gear for land operations, but it may cause difficulties when transitioning from water to land, expecially on a soft beach.<br /><br />A third concern is takeoff distance in rough water. The longer the distance, the more bashing on waves. This is probably more important in hull-type seaplanes because of the relatively wide hull that tends to go wham on waves, rather than cut through them, as floats may do.<br /><br />A fourth is what happens when a float catches a wave when step taxiing. Will it break away from the wing, or destroy the wing?<br /><br />There are lots of other things to think about when choosing an amphibian. Maybe someone else will add some. (We ordinarily post technical matters on STS, but your question seems directly related to splashing and dashing and seaplane fun.)
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Kenneth Leonard - Apr 19,2008
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Welcome Thomas - I apologize for not introducing you to the group when I sent you the invite.<br />Don is correct in his assessment and has lots of experience flying seaplanes. Looking at the video above, it seems like a pretty durn long run for a light sport aircraft.
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