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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jun 5, 2005
Description:
Snake and Leopard skin make quite a showy interior in Mike Lush's newly renovated Corvette powered Sea Bee.
I was present for the first flight off Mike and Sheree's 2,000 foot grass strip.
The lower photo shows the Bee flashing by on its takeoff run.
Those coming up for the Georgian Bay Gaggle will be able to fly formation with this fine flyingboat.
Date Taken:
Jun 5, 2005
Place Taken:
Orangeville, Ontario
Owner:
John Dunlop
File Name:
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Category:
29, John D''s Fun Shots
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Frank A. Carr - Jun 05,2005
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John, Compated to the SeaRey, this looks, Oh, 'significant'!<br />And do I count correctly 24 circuit breakers??
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Mike Lush - Jun 14,2005
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Yes 24 CBs is what can be seen there are 10 more under the panel.I know way too many! The V8 likes amps. Mike Lush
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Roberta Hegy - Jun 05,2005
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Always loved the SeaBee and the Spencer Aircar. I bet the Corvette engine really hauls @$$!! Beautiful plane. Hope I see it at Oshkosh.
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Mike Lush - Jun 14,2005
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Hi Roberta ,We would love to be at the big show this year but I don't think the timing will be right.I had never flown a BEE before and I had heard a lot of stories about poor performance. Well this BEE really does haul @$$$!!
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Jack Peters - Jun 05,2005
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Beautifull John, thanks for the post, an old mate of mine had one of these years ago, we called it the flying tadpole.
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Mike Lush - Jun 14,2005
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To BEE or not to BEE there is No question
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Terry Mac Neill - Jun 05,2005
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A couple of these beauties will appear at Otsego Lake<br />Splash-In ( Gaylord, Mich. ) this coming week-end.<br />The engines sound throaty ( must be corvettes )<br />and these guys have reversing props ( really neat )
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John Robert Dunlop - Jun 05,2005
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'Flying Tadpole', what an apt name Jack! Mike built the first Seawind in Canada. He certainly does consumate work!<br /><br />Roberta, it does, and you probably will (but probably not this year as Mike is just beginning to fly off his hours..<br /><br />Yes Terry, the Bee has Beta..
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Terry Mac Neill - Jun 05,2005
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John,<br />What keeps it from going ' beta ' when in normal <br />flight ???<br />
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Mike Lush - Jun 16,2005
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Hi Terry,Good ? each blade has a counter weight at its root.At flight RPMs the weights over power the oil psi.and force the blades to the forword range.For bata a leaver must be held back to keep the prop in reverse.
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John Robert Dunlop - Jun 06,2005
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I'll have to ask Mike Terry. But I know that he said that he needed something like 1800 rpm to have enough oil pressure to move the prop into reverse.
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John Robert Dunlop - Jun 06,2005
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Frank, I'll see if I can get you a pirep. I have yet to fly in one..
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Jeff Arnold - Jun 14,2005
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I got to fly in a SeeBee at Lake Norman in September 03. The owner / pilot (went by ET) let me do 6 touch and go's on the water (He managed the power and I had the flight controls). It had a big heavy airplane feel. On take off from the water, I was instructed to lift off at 60mph. When ET called 60 (he was in the left seat), I would apply back pressure. It took both hands. Felt like I was actually lifting the airplane with my hands. GRUNT - PULL. As soon as it became airborne, the necessary backpressure was gone with no tendancy to over rotate.<br /><br />Another recolection was that as soon as we touched the water, there was a sudden pitch down tendancy. It wasn't radical or dramatic, but quite evident. Felt like the step was located too far aft.<br /><br />Flying the SeeBee was a precious experience. It did, however, make me appreciate the Searey even more.
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Mike Lush - Jun 14,2005
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Hi Jeff,You are wright the old girl has that big airplane feel.I am finding that with the corect trim she wants to go flying at about 60.With a little nudge, I never like PULL a LADY(or push either for that matter)We installed gap seals on the wing and I think it might have helped the lower end a bit. Cheree's
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