sea otter

  1. Winglet

    Sea Otter happiness

    Recently I completed a Flite Test Sea Otter from a fast build kit. After building and flying it I had to wonder why I don't hear or see more about this super model? Peter hit this one out of the park! Having built so many Flite Test models over the past 11 years I'm going to step way out and...
  2. C

    5min into flying sea otter on asphalt...

    Everything was going great, it taxis very well in deep snow (with a little bit of up elevator). Slides across the asphalt great with and added plactic shield on the bottom. Was flying great on the few short take off and landings. Then on my last approach, just as i was bouncing to a stop (seems...
  3. C

    Canopy Attachment Tip On Sea Otter

    Im looking for ideas on how you guys may have attached your canopys for the Sea Otter. Im just using a rubber band around the canopy and bottom of the plane atm... sligtly irritated at how Peter just pushes it off in the build video. Not everybody cares to just "CoRrOsIoNx" everything...
  4. C

    I built my first plane (FT Storch)... and now its winter... I picked a bad time to learn to fly.

    I'm just looking for friendly talk/help to help me get through this winter here in Northern Michigan. It does not permit many good flying opportunities... I had a chance to fly my Storch 1 time (the day before the snow came, and has not stopped snowing for more then a week), but crashed it many...
  5. W

    Newbie help With Sea Otter

    I just finished the FT Sea Otter build. This is my second build, my 1st was the FT Flyer. I used Hobby Lobby foam board instead of Adams and I used Minwax on it trying to be sure it was water resistant. It ended up quite tail heavy so I added some weight to the nose. Now without the battery the...