Great video, valuable diagnostics and analytics, terrific people. Sorry we missed it. My ICON came out of maintenance on Wednesday, November 3, after long supply chain issues. Uff Dah! Looking forward to the next opportunity to visit.
Thanks for the video Don, second best thing to being there. I agree, the diagnostic info is helpful, thanks for putting that in. Q: Is the water salt water where you are or fresh water and how far is it to the ocean? (Jamie Oliver)
Hi, Jamie! We're about 25 air miles from the saltwater fishing license boundary and 70 from the Atlantic--about 1/3 farther by river because of the bends.
Great video Don. I'm in the middle of my build now. Do you think it would make sense to put some kind of backing plate on the bow eye bolt? I'm sure there will be some times when I need to yank it around as you did here.
I do, Guy. I used a piece of 2x4, trimmed to fit into the V of the hull, and a longer bolt. It's light and spreads the load out over an area much greater than a one-inch flat washer. But if you ever need to do serious towing, tie a rope bridle to both landing gear legs, near the hull. That works regardless of whether the wheels are up or down--including towing up a beach or hill.
Man, having grown up on the water in the Florida panhandle and seeing what salt water does to everything mechanical there ain’t a snowball’s chance in hell I’d expose my airplane to it.
Fortunately, the James River is fresh water all the way down to Jamestown Island. It's always fresh up where we live. (I wouldn't drink much of it, though.)
Great video, valuable diagnostics and analytics, terrific people. Sorry we missed it. My ICON came out of maintenance on Wednesday, November 3, after long supply chain issues. Uff Dah! Looking forward to the next opportunity to visit.
I would love an invite to the next Splash-in...just down the road in Newport News!!!
I like it very much
Beautiful video! Lovely place, beautiful machines and surely good people
Good learning exercise.
Always learn something from your videos Don, hoping to arrange a flyin next summer up here in Wisconsin/ Minnesota…
Go for it!
Nicely done, lots of fun
Hopefully next year, y'all'll do it again
I like your new birdbath.
Good video
Thanks. We missed you this year.
Thanks for the video Don, second best thing to being there. I agree, the diagnostic info is helpful, thanks for putting that in. Q: Is the water salt water where you are or fresh water and how far is it to the ocean? (Jamie Oliver)
Hi, Jamie! We're about 25 air miles from the saltwater fishing license boundary and 70 from the Atlantic--about 1/3 farther by river because of the bends.
Great video Don. I'm in the middle of my build now. Do you think it would make sense to put some kind of backing plate on the bow eye bolt? I'm sure there will be some times when I need to yank it around as you did here.
I do, Guy. I used a piece of 2x4, trimmed to fit into the V of the hull, and a longer bolt. It's light and spreads the load out over an area much greater than a one-inch flat washer. But if you ever need to do serious towing, tie a rope bridle
to both landing gear legs, near the hull. That works regardless of whether the wheels are up or down--including towing up a beach or hill.
Man, having grown up on the water in the Florida panhandle and seeing what salt water does to everything mechanical there ain’t a snowball’s chance in hell I’d expose my airplane to it.
Fortunately, the James River is fresh water all the way down to Jamestown Island. It's always fresh up where we live. (I wouldn't drink much of it, though.)