Larry and I are doing our Floats Rating at Brown's Seaplane Base this Friday and Saturday. Very excited about it. I got an hour and a half in a 152 with an instructor yesterday just to get back on track flying the fixed wing. After a few touch and goes I was greasing them in pretty well even with the 6-8 direct crosswind. I forgot how easy the 152 is to fly, pretty much flies on trim. Flying the J-3 cub should be OK.
Hope after I get back I can seriously begin planning the floats on the Tangerine Scream or maybe another gyro - I see a floats build thread in my future.

That would be cool, then you could island hop.

Sounds like you're going to end up with a FAR SUPERIOR aircraft ?!!!!!!

THF'r

fj

Yeah, floats are great I have always entertained that idea, where I am located, that makes sense because then, the waterways become your runways And the best thing about a gyro with floats, there is seldom any worry of crosswind

Well done Jeff

Larry and I had a great couple of days in Winter Haven doing the floats thing. It was really a pretty intense two days, and really great fun. I think I am hooked. Larry finished up his Sport Rating, but I was way too whacked out after 6.5 hours of instruction flying in 2 days to take my check ride. I decided to do the rating as a full PPL and get my fixed wing current at the same time. So I am going back for another hour or so next weekend and maybe the check ride if they can fit it in. Not really in a rush because I don't really need the rating anytime soon and one can only rent these things with an instructor anyway because of insurance. I plan to try go out there pretty regularly to keep on top of it.
Brown's Seaplane Base is right at the end of the Winter Haven runway so I can even fly there in the gyro to get some time. Pretty awesome setup they have.
My instructor Ben was pretty cool - he has phocomelia with almost no arm on the left and not much more on the right. He's a commercial pilot and can pretty much do anything with the handicap he has, pretty awesome.
The J-3 Cub is a sweet little airplane, about as simple as they come.

That is way too cool. I want to have your babies.
Or Larry's for that matter.

Careful Muz....you could wind up as Crocodile food.

Gabs! What a tart you are .... Next you will be wanting them both at the same time

Oh well.....Don't forget to take video..... or at least pics.... I'd pay to see that

Remember, pics or it didn't happen

Sounds like you had a blast.... your instructor, Ben, sounds like a KuuuuL dude.... at least he is 'armless

Seriously, that is KuuuuL.... when a handicap is not even a handicap...... then there is no handicap

Good on him Tell him he can be an honorary wolverine if he goes for a blast in annoying orange with you

By the way...at one time they did try to fit me in a Cub.
BWAHAHAAAAAA

How did they get you out; with a can opener

That looks like fun. The float gyro of victors would jump in the air with you.

That's enough! That's all we can bear :

I bet that made the cub swoon

hey, thats that mexican guy...... how can a mexican roofer afford to fly a plain? did you chek none of your tools were missing ha

Yeah, it is hard to recognise him with out a beer in his hand?