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Old 13 January 2008, 06:35 PM   #40 (permalink)
Joe Perkel
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Originally Posted by drrivah View Post
Joe and Joe:
Is that a small steerable water rudder aft of the rear tail float, linked to the
air rudder?

-pete
Pete,

Yes, it is a linked system. I am missing the details of the tail float assembly. Luckily not the case for the mains. What I do have for the tail float, is a scale lines drawing and a reference to 320 lbs buoyancy. With that and photos I hope to do the job.

That little spike has been of interest to me, I have to postulate that it's a skid as Joe suggests, like to protect against bottom strikes.
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