Flying from Water
by Darrell Watts
As seen in the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation
Why fly from water? It provides an opportunity to expand the experience of our hobby, and you can learn new skills specific to water flying. Most importantly, it’s just plain fun!
The following is an attempt to provide a foundation for successful flying from water. For those of you who haven’t tried float-flying or have had an unsuccessful attempt, the following tips from my 25 years of float-flying should help.
This Sikorsky S-39 was…