I know the plane, but a 550 is quite a different engine. Looking for a good 3 blade option for a O-470 on a floatplane.

We have a 1959 C-180B on floats with a 230hp O-470 and 88 in McCauley seaplane prop. To reduce noise on take-off we consider to echange the 2 blade with a 3 blade prop. Any suggestions which 3 blade works fine for a C-180 on floats? Is there a noticable reduction of noise on take off? Is there any d...

Hi! We are looking for a set of straight floats for our 1959 C-180. We´d prefer PK 3000 but found a set of PK 2950 which is an older model and quite rare. I read earlier at one should stay away from the Pk 2950 als well as the PK 3500A models. Are there any real disadvantages of the 2950 compared to...

Hi!

We just bought a 1959 C-180B and have to make a decision wether to put it on PK 3000 or EDO 2870/2960 floats. We are operating in Norway on both coastal salt water, fjords and mountain lakes. Any advantages /disadvantages with these two options?

Daniel

Great! I´ll get back to you when I have found the floats.

Does anybody know of a set of Edo 1650 floats with C-140 rigging for sale? Any ideas are welcome.
Thx.

That is correct, but not meeting the min. climb rate at 3600 lbs after a balked landing was due to the slow flap retraction speed from flaps 40. Because of the pressure to complete the program back in 1977 the max flap setting was reduced to 30 and the MTOW was reduced to 3500lbs. But today you can ...

All Cessna 206F/G models on EDO 3430 floats are limited to 3500 lbs max gross weight due to missing performance data back when the plane was certified on EDO floats. EDO has an STC for gross weight increase to 3600 lbs ( which is normal max gross for the land plane version), but we are not allowed t...