I am getting an older SIG LT40. Would this make a good float plane. What floats should I get for it? It is a great trainer from what I can see online.
The Sig LT40 would make a great float plane! Any "40" size floats would be fine. The Hanger 9 40 size floats I have work well, but are a bit on the heavy side.
I don't have a good impression of what's out there for floats. I know the Great Planes float kits build into pretty heavy floats. The floats on my Cub are Flair floats from England, but I believe they're not available anymore. Any foam float would be good, but usually requires sheeting and strut construction. Not difficult and can result in a nice, light set of floats. It's often necessary to build your own struts anyway, to fit a particular plane.
Maybe a winter meeting (what are they called now... Beer and Balsa, or something like that) "how-to" topic...
Robert
I didn't realise that this plane has a 70" WS. The 40 Size floats would be good for it. What about unionville floats? Ah... Maybe just make some out of foam and fiberglass them.
Thanks for the advice.
I built a set of Unionville floats a while ago (late 90's) and as I recall they worked well enough, but they were a weird shape. Quite thin in the bow section. Hmmm... I wonder what happened to those floats. I used them on my old Falcon 56.
BTW, these look nice. I've never ordered from here but I may do so when I need new floats: http://www.seaplanesupply.com/ (http://www.seaplanesupply.com/)
Robert