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Skyboy on floats. Good idea or not?

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Eugene

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I was talking to someone another day who planning to put Skyboy on floats. For those who doesn't remember me, this airplane is side-by-side pusher with drastically undersized horizontal tail Vh=0.33. I will include picture to this message as a reminder.

We would like to know how this Aircraft will behave with floats? Something is telling me that additional drag so far below Aircraft will add to nose down pitching moment = Need larger tail.

Also this airplane is having hard time to rotate during takeoff and two people already. How it will rotate with floats on water?

I am sure someone here will have answer to this question. Thank you!

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