Hi All: It's one of those planes that you can't watch fly enough, Laddie's Shearwater. I was at the Midwest Regional Float Fy earlier this month and got a chance to see it fly and talk with Laddie. Enjoy.

Laddie Mikulasko's Shearwater (3 min 3 sec)

Saw the construction article in Flying Models. It's on my list. Thanks for the video!!!

Paul cross link this with the shearwater thread in waterplanes please.... Nice to see it in action.

Paul, thank you for posting your video of the Shearwater. I am really pleased with your camera work. Thank you again.
Laddie.

Originally Posted by PaulDaniel

Hi All: It's one of those planes that you can't watch fly enough, Laddie's Shearwater. I was at the Midwest Regional Float Fy earlier this month and got a chance to see it fly and talk with Laddie. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9hCakUYF_k

I ordered the plans from Flying Models a few days ago. I contacted Dan at lasers@centurytel.net and he's agreed to look them over and quote a price to do a short kit. Everyone intrested should PM me so we can get an idea of how many he would be cutting.

Thanks for your comments Laddie. I just love seeing that plane in the air. Thinking about making a smaller one out of Depron.

I'll link it in the Seaplane section.

Paul

Good man............ cheers.

Plane has a "just right" look with pusher prop and V tail. Congrats Laddie, on another beautiful design.

After re-kitting my electric Great Planes Seawind last summer (which followed 3 years of tweaking to try to make the plane controllable on the water), I ordered the plans for Laddie’s beautiful Shearwater from Flying Models magazine. I also found some old posts that were discussing the non-availability of a short kit. There was an e-mail address of a potential supplier who was willing to quote the kit, but no one ever sent him the plans so he could do it. So…………I did. I just got my short kit from Dan Walton and he did a beautiful job with it. All parts on the plans, including parts for a balsa built up wing and templates for foam cores are included. I’ve attached a picture FYI.



If you are interested in one, you can contact Dan at lasers@centurytel.net

Things are progressing nicely on my Shearwater. Laddie's Flying Models Magazine build article has been helping a lot. I also wrote to Laddie with a few questions which he was very gracious to answer. This build is very satisfying, but not for a beginner. The upper fuselage planking took 260 pieces of planking, each one custom cut and glued in place one at a time. I've attached some photos.

Beautiful work!

Very Cool!

Impressive!

Ready to start glassing and finishing. This has been a challenging but rewarding build. Here are a few pics of the finish framed up plane, ready to fill, sand, fill, sand, ....(you get the picture), glass, and finish.

Ready to glass