I'm bigger than you and I did it in a J-3 It was a tight fit, not very comfortable, but doable. Biggest problem was feet on rudders. Not a lot of room for size 14 shoes!I am looking at getting my SE Sea rating at Brown's.
I can do it in a J-3 or a PA-18. I am 6' 4" and 205. Will I fit in the back of a J-3? I barely fit in the back of a Supercub.
Spend the extra money on the Super Cub, your kids don't need the inheritance.
If you're going dual you'll be up front either way unless you just want to sit in back.
PIC can be in either seat in J 3. Not much headroom aft, and not much legroom up front, though. Oh, yeah, then there’s the headache rack up front, otherwise known as the wing spars.
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Any videos with a pilot of your non-FAA standard size?I know that but every video I have seen of a Jack Brown student has them in the back. Makes sense to me since that's where you have to solo it.
Any videos with a pilot of your non-FAA standard size?
J-3 or PA-18 ?
You are there to learn how to fly floats, not for a thrill ride. Use the J-3, the one with the smallest engine. Your purpose is to learn the techniques which are involved with handling a seaplane. If you use a higher horsepower airplane you will launch out of the water without having time to understand just what is happening. With the lower power you will need to finesse the controls finding the optimum positions of the floats in relation to the water. Horsepower will launch you into the air, proper technique will get you out of trouble later on. Learn the techniques. You can try the PA-18 later.
When I got my SES, it was in the front seat of a PA18. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to do that from the back seat of a J3... When the instructor got out and the 250lb examiner got in, you wouldn’t have got the thing off the water with an 85hp.
With the SES rating you can jump into a 185 or 206 on floats. Nothing about the back seat of a J3 is important. If you want to explore floats with low power, go to a big lake and use reduced power for taxiing and takeoffs. But in the big scheme of float flying that part is pretty simple for a pilot to learn and understand.
When I got my SES, it was in the front seat of a PA18. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to do that from the back seat of a J3... When the instructor got out and the 250lb examiner got in, you wouldn’t have got the thing off the water with an 85hp.
.......and I haven't flown in a year. ........
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Didn't you just buy a 180 or 185 fairly recently?
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You'll enjoy it, I'm sure. I did my SES in a light '12 with flaps, a 135 (290-D2) and a Borer 82-41. It was on Edo 2000's and a delight to fly. A very good performer.I never had the chance to fly a Cub on floats and look forward to doing so.