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Originally Posted by keakar
that's amazing, I would have thought the water drag would flip them over as soon as they landed
I guess that's why people shouldn't assume things lol
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Actually, your assumption is correct. There is lots of drag and rc planes do flip over on the water. I've never used floats and I'm not sure about takeoffs, but from what I've read it's easy to flip them over on landings. It requires a different technique than landing with wheels on the ground or a paved runway. I'm pretty sure it has to be close to spot on perfect to prevent going nose-over, or skipping and bouncing it around on the water. I once saw a cool YouTube video where these guys were taking turns flying a Champ, same plane as mine, taking off and landing on a large pond. One of them flew the plane a little too long and ran the battery down, too far out and not enough power to make a proper landing. So it ended up nose down, motor submerged, just floating out there dead in the water. Luckily, they had an rc boat for just that scenario. It had a block of styrofoam tied on a string trailing some three or four feet behind the boat. They ran it out to the plane, circled around and "snagged" it with the string and float, and towed it back to the shore. Kinda slow, but it worked. The water didn't even damage the electronics. They just shook the water out, put in a fresh battery, and kept flying.