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Thread: Which Amphibious Floats for a S7?

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    Default Which Amphibious Floats for a S7?

    Searching here, I couldn’t find anything recent regarding floats. A lot of the older posts recommend things that are no longer available.

    Full Lotus only sells the 1260. Zenair has a 1450, which seems like not enough, and a 2200, which seems like too much. Wips start at 2100. Aerocet has a 1500, but I can’t find a price. PK doesn’t appear to have anything small enough, but their website isn’t the easiest.

    So, putting a Series 7 KF on amphibs, what would you do?

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    Default Re: Which Amphibious Floats for a S7?

    A customer testimonial on Zenair float website:

    Testimonial & comments from a Kitfox Super 7 owner:
    "We just had our 2nd season with the Kitfox 7 on your 1450 floats - cannot get enough of flying with it!
    ...Regarding the 1450 float size, I cannot see any reason why they would have to be bigger for the Kitfox Super 7 as so far my experience - even at gross weight of 1,550 lbs - was great! Bigger floats would add drag and I am not sure if they would improve anything on the water." Tom in B.C.
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    Default Re: Which Amphibious Floats for a S7?

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    Default Re: Which Amphibious Floats for a S7?

    Check out David’s Youtube videos. He has the Zenair 1450’s and looks to be doing great with them.



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    Default Re: Which Amphibious Floats for a S7?

    Thanks. Not sure why I couldn't find that.

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