What is a Float Kit? 

Totally agree. I never watch Skywagon U and think “I wish this was less detailed” 😅 Keep the detailed videos coming!

Thanks for watching, Juan Brown!

Thanks.

Float kitted planes are a bit more rigid.

Very true. It's pork chop. about $800 for two.

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it helped

Glad it was helpful!

Of course many early Cessna 180's were flying commercially on floats before the float kit was available they did ok but if anywhere near the coast the salty air would not be good for your bare aluminum Cessna 180 @@skywagonuniversity5023

Knocked it off on a mountain. How did he land?

He landed at Cap Parry NWT, Canada a DEW line site on the arctic coast run by the USAF to detect incoming attacks from the Soviet's. There was accommodation and food available there. It happened in 1980/81 and the DEW line closed in 1982. He damaged the propeller and a wingtip my Dad flew over with tools and a propeller repaired the landing gear to ferry the plane out. The normal Base was Inuvik 300 miles west. The Boss had more than a few crashes over the years but was a good man.

@@dwaynemcallister7231 People who do that kind of work will always have a few crashes.

Yes hard to avoid and every pilot has to deal with the risks in his own way, near the end of my Dad's career he found himself flying airplanes that had GPS onboard, he said that really took the challenge out of bush flying in the Canadian arctic. Up there compass's were unreliable and few if any VOR's existed so it was navigation by knowing the land and also NDB's, in dirty weather it really was a challenge.@@skywagonuniversity5023

2850 RPM with a long prop is a sound of joy. (if you are a pilot)

And not a bird sanctuary owner. ;-)

lol@@skywagonuniversity5023

Glad you like them!

It makes me laugh too what comes out after all these years.

My pleasure! The force is strong in my family.

Me neither

Thanks, will do!

Glad you like them!

Glad you enjoyed!

The big rudders can actually bend a bit if abused.

Glad you enjoyed it!

You are welcome.

Thanks for watching!

Very welcome

Glad you think so!

Both.

Wow, thank you!

Glad to hear it!

Thank you.

Yeah, I got into it a bit on that one. ;-)

Welcome.

A float kit a pretty involved thing for sure.

They can land way shorter than they can take-off.

@@skywagonuniversity5023 😄😄 yeah I know, hope our local fella knows that too😲😄😄 My dad has had several Cessna's any pilot can get em into a strip (or lake), takes an aviator or trailer to get them out again 😲😄🤣👍✌️ My dad was a good short strip/field soft strip aviator btw😉😉👍

So that you can reach the tank when it is on floats and the wing is out over the water. Use the inner so that you do not fall in the water.

@@skywagonuniversity5023 Thank you sir.

Whiskey works just the same.

Only one fault with whiskey barrel chairs, after a couple of hours of supreme comfort, your bum will likely fail a roadside breath test . . . so clench a mint when driving : )

Yes, Four means it's been on floats and two means that it hasn't.

We did paint it. That is how it came out, and it is a county hangar, and it is rented. So the sun beats on the outside and super-heats the metal so that the paint dries up and falls off, so we didn't do it again.

The term "Float Provisions" was instead of "Float Kit" on the new 206's because of all the confusion prior to that.

Skylanes (182's) never had a "float kit" but some float manufacturers made floats that could go on 182's specifically. This was due to the popularity of the float flying and the lack of 180's and 185's, and the wider cabin of the 182, (but they do have electric flaps)

Float kitted 180 K's have 90 inch two bladed props. Longer because of the reduced RPM on the U engine in them.

Mostly on 206's, mid seventies. Not 185's.

Yes, roughly 80% of the three window 180's and all the 185's. 1963 180's and newer, the ones with the 185 airframe.

Could be part of it. I think they all have that though.

I do not think that 162's were ever sold with a float kit.

Definitely didn’t but can add floats to any LSA if you convert to Elsa.

No, It came like that. It's a 76. It's for sale.

@@skywagonuniversity5023 - So soon⁉️🤔😳

I'm not sure what you are asking here.

It was just a general question for all watchers of this channel. It is, along the theme of this video, a float aeroplane, but one that has been listed for over 12 months. As an aircraft dealer, I wouldn't expect you to comment directly, as that would probably be unprofessional. I was just curious if anyone had a view as to why it hasn't moved for what seems quite along time.@@skywagonuniversity5023

I'm not sure what this means.

@@skywagonuniversity5023 The tail code and paint: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF-51

I wish.

I think you need it.