How Do You Mount Floats On An RC Plane?
The addition of a float to your RC plane allows you to experience the fun of water takeoffs and landings. Flying from water gives you a larger area to fly, removing the need to find a large non-wooded piece of land for use. Floats are usually made of balsa wood, fiberglass or molded plastic and placed on your airplane in lieu of landing gear. To be effective though, you have to mount the floats correctly. Any mistake in the process can leave your floats landing sooner than your airplane, resulting in costly damage. Measure the length of your airplane fuselage. Purchase floats that are between 75 and 80 percent of the length of the fuselage. Purchase floats from hobby shops specializing in RC planes and accessories locally or over the Internet. Obtain floats that are longer in the nose when mounting them to aircraft with long noses or with swept wings to balance the aircraft properly. Remove the landing gear from your plane using a screwdriver. You’ll use the landing gear mount holes to
