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Kenneth Leonard - Sep 24,2007
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A few weeks ago, I needed to run the engine to check my temps so I went out on the lake for some taxiing. It was glassy - mirror. Well, I wasn't flying, so it didn't matter, right? Flaps to two, trim to center, full power to get on step and throttle way back as normal to just cruise around the lake. I'm glancing at the temps and step taxiing...boy that water is so smooth, this is like sliding on greese! So I'm coming up on the end of the lake at very reduced power and just about ready to increase power and step around the other direction when I realize I'm climbing...at about 1/2 power. The obvious answer is to cut the throttle but I can't tell how high I am! So I went to full power and climbed out but had to come back quickly for high temps and had a truly glassy water landing. There was no feeling of breaking free of the water. I think it was the trees in front of me that gave me the visual clue I was climbing. Just under 1/2 tank of gas so maybe 1020 lbs. I don't know. It's interesting that it can fly in ground effect with so little power, but it was another opportunity to learn about the dangers of glassy water.<br />
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Bruno Grondin - Sep 25,2007
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HU Ken yup this nice airplane called the Searey is a very fun little airplane to fly specially in ground effect I practice this alot and enjoy it very much more than cuising from one place to another, for me this is the way of flying from one lake to another jumping like this. But one day the same thing happened to me but their where no way I could get enough hight to clear the trees so I made a landing ouf what a landing if you mean short landing I'll call it very very short landing... I did need to stop by putting the tail on water first so imagine.... Since then I always be carefull taxxiing specialy when you dont have enough lake.... It was a good experience.<br /><br />Hug<br />Bruno
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Don Maxwell - Sep 25,2007
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You can also do a waterloop if you need to stop really fast. It's about like a groundloop--you might bust a float strut loose, or even sink--but that's better than hitting trees at 50 mph.
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Jeff Arnold - Sep 25,2007
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Don, can you please give detailed instructions on this maneuver? How about some video?
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Don Maxwell - Sep 25,2007
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Well, Jeff, understand that I've never actually<I> tried </I>this--but I think all you need to do is turn the thing sideways on the water and it'll take care of the rest. Even better, shove the stick forward as you turn to get the nose down, and the airplane will pivot around on it quicker'n you can say Billy be damned.<P>Okay, okay, as you already know I <I>did </I>do a waterloop accidentally once, when I was flying 150 feet above the wide James River downstream of Richmond and was just getting set up for a glassy water landing. All of a sudden there was a great splash and the SeaRey did a quick pirouette and stopped dead in the water. It was quite a surprise. I was absolutely sure of that 150 feet. My mistake was in not taking the time to fly an extra mile or two, so as to pass over an LVR on the shore--thought I could just turn over the bay and then let down gradually. I don't do that any more.<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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Kenneth Leonard - Sep 26,2007
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Jon Ladd showed me how to do emergency stops in his 'Rey. He did it 3-4 times and it does stop right now. It takes a mental shift to be ready to literally throw the plane sideways on the water at full speed. He kept the trailing wing low and he could go from touchdown to stopped darn quick. If you decide to practice it, bring some extra breakaway parts.
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