Midwest Regional Float Fly
Thomas Strahscher of Oregon, OH put his Hangar 9 Cessna 40 (above left) on floats for the event. Joe Rubinstein from Lake Orion, MI flies his Hangar 9 Pizazzon floats (above right). Allen Mrock brought his latest prototype, an 80-
inch “push/pull” twin, the Savoia Marchetti S-55 (below left). Engine running and ready for another flight, Larry McCullen from Highland, MI carries his Tower Hobbies Uproar(below right) to the water.
Jet. The water and wind handling of the fly- ing boat configuration makes them a very good choice for flying off water.
The “deltas” included multiple Balsa USA Northstar models. Laddie Mikulasko’s de- sign of the Arrow also had several present. Model Aero’s Polaris—a smaller electric plane based on the Northstar design—was popular once again.
Sport airplanes included Hangar 9’s Pulse
XT, Tower Hobbies’ Uproar, Hangar 9’s Pizazz, Sig’s Somethin’ Extra and Astro Hog, and Great Planes’ U-Can-Do 3D. Snoopy’s Doghouse made a brief appearance, but proved to need a bit of a c.g. adjustment for stable flight.
The scale planes covered a wide range of aircraft, with a number of J-3 Cub entries
which make a great float plane. One of the more unique aircraft catching my attention was Tom Reiner’s Vought OS2U Kingfisher. Tom scratchbuilt this model from a 3-view drawing in 1995. The Kingfisher was made in both wheel and float configurations for the Navy and began service in 1938. Allen Mrock (Oxford, MI), from Classic Aero, brought his 1⁄6 scale (104-inch wing
Model airplanes of every size and shape could be seen at any one time on the lake. An Ace Seamaster(above left) is seen here under the control of Andrew
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Ditchfield of New Hudson, MI, while Gary Doeren does a steep climb-out with his Balsa USA Northstar(above right) with water trailing off the tail.
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