Used to fly the DH-2 on floats. It has the R-985 Jr Wasp motor attached to the front. Part of our pre-flight procedure was to check for hydraulic locks with the pull of the prop.
Important checklist item for the newbies... remember to take a towel a change of clothes and shoes down to the dock
. Oh yeah... remember to put your keys and wallet in a neoprene carrier and leave them on the dock before pulling the prop through
. Oh yeah.... Summer time operations are preferable.
Wouldn't fly any other plane on floats in its class
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