This video was shot in Winona, Minnesota at Prairie Island Campground on the Mississippi River on July 29th, 2007. It has a Mega 15/16/3 Brushless Motor a with an e-Flight 40 amp brushless speed controller. The Prop is a Graupner 5.5" x 4.3" (14cm x 11cm)and spins at 19,000 RPM static. The battery is a MAX-AMPS Li-Po 3,000mAh @ 7.2 volts. With this set-up, the plane can easily fly over 45MPH (70KPH). I have flown the plane for 45 minutes continuously at about 1/3 throttle before having to land. I made the floats out of solid pink extruded foam and covered them with red Tyvek housewrap tape. I also sealed the canopy gaps with the Tyvek tape. Since this video, I have added velcro to the underside of the wing and to the top of the floats so that I can put them on and take them off with ease. I also added two vertical cooling tubes sticking up to keep the temps down inside the canopy. I have made new floats that are a little bigger and I should be able to take off from the water, not just land on the water. I will show that in a future video on You Tube. Hastings MN RC You can go to maxamps.com for batteries.
