Thanks Jack . . .

I was afraid that spray on the rear prop might be an issue and I was sure that floats would make her a little sluggish.  I have been studying the situation (I'm an engineer) with an eye toward a single center float with wing pontoons.  A single hull with properly configured spray rails and some aerodynamics might make the program feasible.  My E-Mail address is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I would appreciate any hard data or recollections you may have.  I appreciate your response.

Regards,
Earl

I have an old Cessna book at home which I'm pretty sure has a picture of a straight leg 337 ( model 335 0r 336) on floats. If you're still interested, let me know & I'll scan it for you.

If you could in include me in the list wanting the picture, it was a 336, N1795Z, a stol kit would have helped but it would have needed bigger engines to be worthwhile.  Gil Devore had a scheme using a set of airfoils between the floats to protect the rear prop, but the project died due to the general lack of performance

We still have the airplane

Jack

Hi. I had the same question regarding floats on a Skymaster and saw that you were looking into this question some time go ago on this forum thread. I would be interested to hear your conclusions (plus if you happen to have the picture of the plane with the floats I would be interested to see that as well.
Thanks,
Chris

I have gave a lot of thought to putting floats on a 337 and was thinking of modafying a set of floats in the manner of a pickel fork boat by adding a wing type center to help prop spray but im afraid that if your rigging was not just perfect it may make the plane pitch out of control on its own and one may not recover it.makes me wander if the wing would pack the weight of the floats? another way would be to use some material like on a trampoline that would flex with the wind and may be attached by springs to the float and this would alow flex and keep heavy water off the prop still may get small mist but prop may be able to handle it,also allowing air to go through. just a thought

Hi guys,  what's the latest on a centerline float with smaller wingtip floats?  Thanks

Hi,

I am also interested in a picture of a skymaster on floats as I am currently building a 1/2 scale radio controlled skymaster and have more access to water that large areas of land. The rear prop does seem to be the biggest issue but it would be good to see how they look on floats.

many thanks in advance

Paul

Hi guy's!
I'm also interested on the C-337 on Floats.  If you find out the STC on that and maybe some pic's, shoot me the info if it's not too much trouble.

Tim