Wed, Jun 10, 2015
Legend Cub Creates Carbon Fiber Amphib Floats For Their Airplanes
American Legend Aircraft Company announced the availability of Carbon Fiber Amphibious Floats for the Legend Cub and Super Legend. Designed and manufactured by American Legend Aircraft Company, the new LF1500A floats allow for takeoffs and landings on both water and land.
The LF1500A floats are purposely built for the Legend Cub and Super Legend. American Legend Aircraft Company designed, tested and recently certified the LF1500A Amphibs in-house. Features include mechanically operated retractable wheels. The rear wheels have trailing link design while the front wheels cantilever forward. They also have watertight storage compartments.
According to Legend cub, their aircraft equipped with Carbon Fiber Amphib Floats will feel just like a Legend cub with its standard landing gear. The floats provide some lift, negating additional drag and weight concerns, according to Legend. Net weight gain on a Legend Cub with the LF1500A floats is minimal due to a 75 pound reduction from removing the wheeled landing gear and a gross weight allowance of 110 additional pounds for LSA seaplanes. The Carbon Fiber Amphibs are available for all models, including the open-cowled AL3 and the Lycoming-equipped Super Legend.
"Ground handling with the new carbon fiber floats is exceptional. Straight-line tracking keeps the tail in its aft alignment, while differential braking and castering front wheels provide positive steering control," says test pilot and company owner Darin Hart. He continued, "Step taxi is brief, allowing water takeoffs in short order. The designed-in rigidity and generous buoyancy of the amphibs ensure minimal time going from plow onto the step and reduce chances of porpoising."
Legend cub points out that all their airplanes are built with doors on both sides of the aircraft. They say seaplane pilots will appreciate the Legend Cub's ability to load and unload from either side of the aircraft. While taxiing and parking in a Legend Cub there's no need to "walk the wire" between hulls to change sides.
(Image provided by Legend Cub)
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