labrador_cub
Registered User
Wabush,NL
hello all, I'm getting close to finishing up my current project of building my dream truck. so with that and no desire to build anymore vehicles anytime soon I'm starting to plan my new airplane build. this will be my first plane so I'm really excited about it, but I'm going to need help! I live in western Labrador in Canada and the best way to describe it is lots of water and cold, there is lakes everywhere and despite being June 3rd they still have ice in them. so naturally just like my pa12 this new plane will live on floats and ski's only, wheels are almost useless here, in fact I don't even own a tail wheel for my pa12 just a ski lol. as much as I love the pa12 I'd like side by side seating and be able to take 3 people comfortable and a bit of fishing gear or 2 people and a bunch of gear with decent performance, if I can stick 2 passengers in this new plane and match the performance of my 150hp flap equipped pa12 with 1 passenger I will be happy! I looked at the bearhawk but there's not many on floats and I didn't have much luck finding how they perform on them, so that and loving the 12 so much I figured why not just build a 14 and add a few twist's.
so hears my plan so far, wag 2+2 fuselage which I'll be buying the material kit for and TIG welding , one of the O320 based 180HP engines , -18 style gear which will probably be +6" due to our snow depth, an extended -18 wing with decent sized flaps and squared tip, jackscrew setup for the trim instead of the tab wag uses , kydex interior and a simple panel.
here's what I need help with, I have the northland drawing for the pa18 but I Don't have the wag drawings yet.
will the 18 style wings bolt up to the 2+2 fuselage without much fuss?
use pa12/14 , pa18 ,or custom struts?
If pa18 would you run the aileron cable's like an -18 or in the wing like the 14's?
does the wag material kit come with the tubes cut to length and coped already or is that up to me?
and lastly for today what would you recommend for floats ? seems with the 2300# gross that edo2425 or 2440's would be good. I've also seen on here someone mention taking 2870 or maybe 2960's and removing a section
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Joey
so hears my plan so far, wag 2+2 fuselage which I'll be buying the material kit for and TIG welding , one of the O320 based 180HP engines , -18 style gear which will probably be +6" due to our snow depth, an extended -18 wing with decent sized flaps and squared tip, jackscrew setup for the trim instead of the tab wag uses , kydex interior and a simple panel.
here's what I need help with, I have the northland drawing for the pa18 but I Don't have the wag drawings yet.
will the 18 style wings bolt up to the 2+2 fuselage without much fuss?
use pa12/14 , pa18 ,or custom struts?
If pa18 would you run the aileron cable's like an -18 or in the wing like the 14's?
does the wag material kit come with the tubes cut to length and coped already or is that up to me?
and lastly for today what would you recommend for floats ? seems with the 2300# gross that edo2425 or 2440's would be good. I've also seen on here someone mention taking 2870 or maybe 2960's and removing a section
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Joey