The mission of my 1970 Cessna 180 on straight Aerocet floats is to be the best two place float plane for exploring the remote lake of Alaska and Canada. It has a Pponk 520, Pponk McCauley 3 blade propeller, leading edge cuff, and a 185 tail with Kenmore weight increase STC. This gives a useful load on floats of 1074 pounds and great take off performance. Other mods were BSC belts, Kenmore 206 seat STC, battery to firewall, and Selkirk insulation and flat rear storage STC. When we go to Alaska we take the rear seats out and we have a system of straps which fasten into track clamps. The strap system goes into the extended baggage area. We have tried other systems included nets but like this one the best. Note the orange waterproof bag, this holds the Sat phone. If we ever flipped the plane I want to know where the phone is. |