scout88305
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Northern Minnesota
Engine sounds really good, sure to wake the neighbors backing up in the morning. Seems to stay on the water a long time.
Geez! My 160 hp PA-12 gets off the water faster than that!:smile:
Kind of a cool machine but yes I would agree that for 525hp its not exactly a rocket ship. With that kind of power to weight ratio it should be off in way less than 10 seconds for sure. Best guess is that without some kind of gear reduction there is no way to harness very much of the power. Take a P&W 600 hp piston Otter running less than 1/2 that RPM and they still went to a geared engine to gain propeller efficiencies of longer wider blades and low tip speeds. If you look at turboprop propeller RPM's tells the same story.
Looks to me that it’s Seriously underfloated for one thing. Wonder what floats those are? They look awfully small in depth. It also looks nose heavy in taxi…..watch early in taxi, those bows are under water. That may be partially because it appears the cabin is empty.
Step too far aft and the loaded CG too far forward. If the those floats were installed with the step in the correct location there wouldn't be enough floatation aft to be able to carry a load in the airplane. Look at how little floatation there is at the tails.Get Pete to survey the one above's installation.
Gary
Floats have a hull speed that demands even more power to overcome increasing drag. Discussed here
The builder also mentions being "always on the rudder(s)" Other Moose have a ventral fin. It's a work in progress.
Gary
Engine sounds really good, sure to wake the neighbors backing up in the morning. Seems to stay on the water a long time.