Hey all! This is my first post on this forum, so if its in the wrong category please move it over for me. Thanks!
After reading some pretty glowing reviews of the F949 on this forum and some others, I decided to use it to dip my toe and test the waters of RC airplanes for the first time. I recognize that it will probably take me a fair bit of time to get used to the aircraft, but I hope to practice often and mature relatively quickly.
My question is this: do you guys think it would be possible to convert the F949 to a floatplane? It is a small aircraft (Cessna 182 based) with a wingspan of only 500mm, and it weighs a mere 58g. I hope to make two floats out of some kind of foam or balsa, hollow them out, and make a system of two smaller batteries running in parallel, each housed inside the floats. I made this design choice because i have concerns about the high center of gravity on such a small plane causing it to faceplant on water landings from the high friction of the floats on the water, and lowering the batteries may have an effect on this.
So... what do y'all think? Will the small size of the aircraft be too large of an issue to overcome?
After reading some pretty glowing reviews of the F949 on this forum and some others, I decided to use it to dip my toe and test the waters of RC airplanes for the first time. I recognize that it will probably take me a fair bit of time to get used to the aircraft, but I hope to practice often and mature relatively quickly.
My question is this: do you guys think it would be possible to convert the F949 to a floatplane? It is a small aircraft (Cessna 182 based) with a wingspan of only 500mm, and it weighs a mere 58g. I hope to make two floats out of some kind of foam or balsa, hollow them out, and make a system of two smaller batteries running in parallel, each housed inside the floats. I made this design choice because i have concerns about the high center of gravity on such a small plane causing it to faceplant on water landings from the high friction of the floats on the water, and lowering the batteries may have an effect on this.
So... what do y'all think? Will the small size of the aircraft be too large of an issue to overcome?