‪@TurbineMoose‬ 

That's correct. Any aircraft that gets converted to floats incurs extra weight and drag penalties in exchange for water operations with even some capabilities on open snow fields or emergency landings in dry agricultural fields. Many of the back country areas these planes were designed for feature many more water landing areas than potential landings on unobstructed field. Additionally, this particular footage entailed initial video of the just-installed float configuration and Ken always approaches new testing with conservative caution. This T-Moose can achieve an average best rate of climb of around 1200 feet per minute on floats but 2500 feet per minute or better without the floats. Visit our channel to watch more aggressive climb performance on floats compared to the shallow take offs in this video in addition to videos showing off the T-Moose's outstanding water performance.