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| Subject: | Re: float rigging |
Not aware of any document, but you might try to contact the folks at
Kemore Air Harbor in the state of Washington.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter C
To: seaplane-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:15 AM
Subject: Seaplane-List: float rigging
Is anyone aware of any significant document that goes into detail on
the various aspects of hanging floats on an aircraft?
I've heard the assorted rules of thumb about step placement and angle
and have successfully mounted floats before but I'm curious about what
is behind some of the ideas and the affects of deviating from them.
For example one formula says mount the step 1/4 (or 1/3) of the WIDTH
of the float behind the cg. Where does this come from? How does float
width affect this?
Another says mount the step so as to intersect a line drawn 6 degrees
aft of the cg. This imples that height of the rigging affects step
placement.
What are the factors affecting height above the floats?
Why is loading never mentioned? In other words wouldn't the step
position be of more interest to the cg at gross than empty cg?
Surely there is a reference book on this somewhere. I was not
successful with google searches.
Thanks
Peter
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