Would this be about the right angle of a Kyofu sitting motionless in calm water? Maybe a touch higher with one tip float down in the water?
From what I’ve seen of float planes, the stance you have on the drawing looks more like during take off as the plane starts to come up on plane. Here is a photo I found that shows the typical stance for a single float plane at rest. I would guess the Kyofu would sit about the same.
Thanks John. Good photo.
I think you are close, nutboy. In fact the more cantback the better looking. She’s not a Seagull or a Kingfisher and isn’t set ut to taxi around and rescue folks. Simply a get up and go fighter from a lagoon. I’d lean her back a bunch more.
Here’s our old friend Rufe:
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Its all about the C of G on the plane. The plane on its floats with a pilot,should sit levelish on the water. If empty, it would sit slightly tail down.
Notice how the rudders are out of the water at standstill. Thats with 2 pilots standing on the wing.
…Guy
I don’t think the float should be so deep in the water, it looks like there is insufficient buoyancy in your drawing. That is a sign of an overloaded seaplane. It would not excite me to try a takeoff in that airplane, it would be long and scary. In Guy’s example, it looks about right, but the reason the water rudders are free of the water is that they are retracted. Not all water rudders do that, and I don’t think ones like on the George that do not extend below the keel line of the float in the down position do retract. Without power or at idle power the floatplane should sit tail down. Floats are generally attached to airplanes with the floats nose down relative to the airplane so sufficient angle of attack can be reached to lift off without dragging the stern of the floats when on the step pror to lift off.
I’ve worked on twin otters on floats and can tell you those floats do get water in them and are pumped out at the end of the day, I would guess the same is possible in any float plane and would effect how deep it’s sitting in the water.