Sea Stylist seaplane. [Archive]

gbruce

Jun 03, 2002, 06:25 AM

Does anyone have more info on this SEXY model?

http://www.ezonemag.com/articles/2002/may/sport/dcp03323.jpg

It was briefly talked about in the Pitch , Roll, and Yaw column by Steve Horney

What is this...a kit...kit bashed (plastic modelling term which means modified from an existing kit)...or scratch built?

Thanks

Bruce

Mike G

Jun 03, 2002, 05:27 PM

Hi Bruce

I am the designer/builder of the Sea Stylist which is the first one out of the molds and was completed just in time for the Toledo show. Along with poor weather and having to travel for business I have yet to fly it. The following are some of the specs.

Scatch built fiberglass fuselage and nacelles, foam core wings with 1/16" balsa sheeting. A wingspan of 59 inches with 404 sq. inches of wing area. The balsa surfaces are covered with 3/4 oz fiberglass and epoxy and finished with Krylon paint. The ready to fly weight is 62 ounces. It uses 14 1400 ma nicads to power two 4.35 to 1 Graupner Speed 480's turning two four bladed ground adjustable 9 inch Varioprop propellers.

Hope that Helps.

Mike Goolsbee

gbruce

Jun 03, 2002, 07:10 PM

Hi Mike

How many of your body parts have to be twisted to get a fuse and wing core out of you and how much money

Bruce:)

temacc

Jun 03, 2002, 09:54 PM

That is one KEWL model...Gotta have one! (You know my sign)

Money? Grass? (JUST JOKING!) Illegal body parts? (JUST JOKING)

It is lovely, lovely, lovely.

I should wait until you fly it and you tell how it takes off and lands, but...I could just mount it on the wall and Look at it!?

Naw.

So - Making more fuses and nacelles? I could do the rest....

Terry

Mike G

Jun 04, 2002, 12:55 PM

Thanks for the interest. I hope to be able to provide a builders kit in the near future. I want to be able to fly it before I sell parts. At this time I don't have a price but will let you know once I get a feel for my costs and time. The existing molds are prototypes and not production quality however, I may consider selling some from these molds if there are no major mods required after flight tests.

I hope to make a single engine, pylon mounted, built up wing, vee tail version next. I'm concerned with the prop clearance on the twin.

If you want, you can e-mail me at m7070@accesstoledo.com so I"ll have your e-mail address on record.

Mike
I will try to include better photos in the future.

Martin Irvine

Jun 04, 2002, 01:00 PM

A very pretty airplane Mike. I would guess you could sell enough of them to make it worthwhile.

Cheers,

Tim Jonas

Jun 04, 2002, 02:21 PM

you can sign me up right now....man that is slick!

Mike G

Jul 08, 2002, 08:57 PM

The Stylist Flies! First flight went very well. Model was very stable even though she seems to be a little tail heavy. Only able to make one flight but I will fly it more this week.

Mike G

Jul 08, 2002, 09:01 PM

Another pass.

Mike G

Jul 08, 2002, 09:04 PM

Happy camper!:)

Tim Jonas

Jul 08, 2002, 09:38 PM

Come on, Mike....when is that production line going to begin!?

Looks great.

drbird

Jul 08, 2002, 10:37 PM

Great choice on the props!! Looks great - Keep me updated for sure!

Kevin Murray

Jul 09, 2002, 11:55 PM

Mike make one more Please.
For my.
Just e-mail me the cost.
:D :D :D :D

Rudderman98

Jul 10, 2002, 02:14 AM

Well okay.......:rolleyes:
Put me down for one too!
Perry

temacc

Jul 10, 2002, 11:47 AM

Hey - If Perry wants one...so do I :)

Terry in Portland OR where it is 85 F at 8:40 am (!!)

realdeal

Aug 16, 2002, 11:33 AM

Hopefully there are several flights completed by now and you're just about ready to announce availability :).

That looks AWESOME :cool: in the air.

Kevin Murray

Aug 16, 2002, 03:19 PM

Any updates ?

kapos45

Aug 16, 2002, 10:37 PM

Mike Goolsbee,
Great looking bird. I really like it although a bit big.
Its very sleek. I have been pondering scratch building
this one. Problem is I dont have the airfoil or any 3 views
to speak of. I do have the original specs. Name is airshark I. It was a homebuilt kit from 1985. Died a slow death due to various problems. In big form the wingspan was 37.5 ft. Not much info on it on WWW. Not sure what did it in but I know 6 were completed and one crashed 2 yrs ago from turbulance departing after a lear jet? So says NTSB. Looks like its a good candidate for smaller version, maybe new airfoil. Or V tail and Minifan (Jetshark).
What do you think?

Kevin Murray

Aug 19, 2002, 12:45 AM

That's an odd looking plane kapos. I don't ever remember seeing it before. It must have died a QUICK death, not a slow one. I have almost all of the KITPLANES magazine sence 1989 and I don't know if I've ever seen it before.

kapos45

Aug 19, 2002, 07:14 AM

Kevin,
The company folded about 1990. It was on the cover of
kitplanes pre-1989 though. I think the problem was the
kit was too hard to complete for builders. Flying Specs on
paper are phenomenal. 180 mph cruise, 48 mph stall,1700 mile range on 90 gal. ( thats 19 mpg!) with 200 hp Lyc. Prototype
did appear at Sun and Fun and Oshkosh a few times.

Brad

Rudderman98

Jan 01, 2003, 11:55 PM

Mike,
Any new updates on the plane or on a kit? I'm still keeping an eye on you! :)
Perry

Tim Jonas

Jan 02, 2003, 08:33 AM

same here...I have been watching this one for awhile.

Tim Jonas

Apr 28, 2003, 11:21 AM

Bump.

Any new info on this airplane? Summertime is rapidly approaching, and my parents live on a lake.....

kapos45

Apr 29, 2003, 11:49 AM

From my end I have one prototype and 2 on the building board.
When Im satisfied Ill go with the steve neill mould
plan. Vision is removable tail and engine pod so single
twin an jet share same fues. Current version is 38 in ws
with 9 in prop. Counter rotating props.
kapos

kapos45

Apr 29, 2003, 11:53 AM

oops

Kevin Murray

Apr 30, 2003, 10:36 AM

Any info on the Sea Stylist ?

Tim Jonas

May 01, 2003, 08:41 AM

that is what I was looking for, not that kapos45's project doesn't look great.

kapos45

May 02, 2003, 06:32 AM

Thanks Moots. Ill even take compliments from Marines.
Mount it on the wall no doubt.
Il be lookin for beta builders in 6 months.
Here the train rollin, its rollin round the bend.
Wheres Mike? :rolleyes:

kapos

msp1957

May 02, 2003, 07:39 AM

I too have been watching and waiting. The lake across the street is longing for a beautiful plane like the Stylist to be flown off of. :)

Michael

Tim Jonas

May 02, 2003, 09:03 AM

Originally posted by kapos45
Thanks Moots. Ill even take compliments from Marines.
Mount it on the wall no doubt.
Il be lookin for beta builders in 6 months.
Here the train rollin, its rollin round the bend.
Wheres Mike? :rolleyes:

kapos

We must have retired about the same dates, and I see you are an ATC guy. Did you do that on active duty? I was a Weapons Controller, sort of an Air Battle Manager with lots of AWACS and ABCCC time, strangely enough.

Let me know when you need a beta builder!

cheers,
tim

Rudderman98

Jun 25, 2003, 02:32 AM

Mike G.
Any new news on the Seastylist yet? I've been waiting patiently.:D
Perry

Tim Jonas

Jun 25, 2003, 09:04 AM

glad to see someone else bumps this from time to time!

Kevin Murray

Jun 25, 2003, 02:51 PM

No Updates but I saw a Navagator for sale at SEFF.

Tim Jonas

Jul 14, 2003, 12:21 PM

what does that look like?

Rudderman98

Nov 09, 2003, 05:30 PM

Mike G,
WHERE ARE YOU??!!
I still want this plane!!:D :D :D

Perry

Kevin Murray

Nov 09, 2003, 06:51 PM

This has got to be about the best looking civilian twin seaplane ever desigined.
Please don't let it die. If you don't have the time to kit it mabey EAM or someone would be willing to do it ?

Tim Jonas

Nov 10, 2003, 09:23 AM

I played phone tag with Mike Goolsbee a few months ago. Via voicemail, he said he was still interested in getting the Sea Stylist out. I won't give out his number here, but a simple Yahoo People Search for Mike Goolsbee in Ohio is pretty easy to do.

If anyone contacts him and hears something, please report back.

D. Todd Rose

Nov 25, 2003, 12:52 AM

Where's Mike?

Tim Jonas

Nov 29, 2003, 09:00 PM

try this (http://phone.people.yahoo.com/py/psPhoneSearch.py?srch=bas&D=1&FirstName=Mike+&LastName=Goolsbee&City=&State=oh&searchFor=Telephone&Search=Search)

D. Todd Rose

Dec 13, 2003, 04:28 PM

Hellooooo Mike.................................

Tim Jonas

Dec 16, 2003, 07:56 PM

okay, then, I'll give him a call tomorrow.

temacc

Jan 01, 2004, 02:51 PM

Tim -

Was Mike home? Inquiring minds want to know! :D

Terry

Rudderman98

Jan 01, 2004, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Terry
Tim -

Was Mike home? Inquiring minds want to know! :D

Terry

YEAH! :D :D
Perry

temacc

Jan 16, 2004, 01:24 AM

I really have plenty of projects...but I also would like to have a kit of the Sea Stylist sitting in the pile of other kits :)

Terry

Tim Jonas

Jan 20, 2004, 12:58 PM

nothing yet, but working on it.

Kevin Murray

Feb 18, 2004, 01:42 AM

Looks like this design is dead. :( Moderator Please Close Thread. Unfortunatly

King Kong

Feb 18, 2004, 02:29 AM

Ah, come on now, there's always some hope snif snif:(

Kevin Murray

Feb 18, 2004, 02:33 AM

Yea, Making our own. :D It's been years.

King Kong

Feb 18, 2004, 02:44 AM

Shows how bad I've been wanting one if I've been watching it for so long:D

Kevin Murray

Feb 18, 2004, 02:49 AM

Toledo 2002

Tim Jonas

Apr 02, 2005, 08:54 PM

Bump, to see if anyone knows anything more.

lrsudog

Apr 02, 2005, 11:15 PM

No, but it's been so long, I'm thinking of doing a knockoff. Not a copy, but close enough to be an homage.

Smaller though. I have two BB 350+ motors & GB just waiting for an airframe.