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Designs CTLS on Claymar amphibious floats, Light Sport Aircraft Pilot News
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Flight
Designs CTLS on Claymar amphibious floats
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Since the introduction of the
Lighsport Aircraft category the CT by Flight Designs has led
the way in performance and sales.
When you think of a sleek high performance aircraft,
basically limited to 100 HP, you generally do not think of
it being equipped with floats.
I would liken it to hooking a camping trailer to Mercedes
Benz 450SEL!But at
Airventure 2010 Flight Designs distributor
Tom Gutmann Jr.
unveiled the first CTLS equipped with Claymar amphibious
floats. To accommodate the floats the gross weight on the
CTLS has been increased to 1420 lbs.
The float retract system is electrically operated with all
four wheels retracting at the same time. Tom reports that
the floats have been tested landing on water with the gear
down successfully, as well as landing with the gear up on a
grass surface. |
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Ground steering is
accomplished via differential braking on the main gear, and
castering nosewheels, while water steering is via a water
rudder attached to the rudder pedals.
According to Tom one of the
reasons for introducing a float system for the CTLS is
because of the number customers who own CT's who want to go
on floats. Thus the system has been designed to be
retrofittable to production aircraft, with the addition of
dual brakes and some minor firewall modifications.
Tom reports a slight
performance loss, with the plane's cruise coming in at
around 100 to 105 knots.
Currently the float
installation is being offered as a turn key operation, from
Gutmann's location in Tulsa Oklahoma. A customer drops his
or here plane off and come back a week later to pick it up.
If the customer does not have a float plane rating training
will also be available.
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For more information
FLIGHT DESIGN USA
91 ROUTE 169
P0 BOX 325
S. WOODSTOCK, CT. 06267
fstar@rcn.com
860-963-7272
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/
CLAMAR FLOATS
15099 Sixteen Mile Road,
R.R. #2, Denfield, ON
Canada N0M 1P0
519.225.2399
http://www.clamarfloats.com
clair.sceli@quadro.net
Airtime Aviation Inc.
Tom Gutmann
3155 S. Mingo Rd.
Tulsa, OK 74146
918-625-5442
http://www.flyct.com
tomjr@flyct.com |
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