Just The Tip

"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles) 04/28/2014 at 11:24 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Icon A5 demonstrating its extraordinary handling characteristics on the water. The A5 is also claimed to be virtually spin proof and extremely stall resistant while in the air. Checkout the video after the jump to see a side-by-side flight with a Cessna 150.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chris Clarke 04/28/2014 at 11:33

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There's a kit plane that's been sold for over a decade that looks almost identical to that, but I don't remember the name. Much hay was made over it being the fastest amphibian kit you could buy.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chris Clarke 04/28/2014 at 11:42

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The "Seawind" series is what I was thinking of. A tail-puller instead of an upper fuselage-puller, though. I remembered that wrong.

Chris Clarke > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/28/2014 at 11:43

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I was guessing either SeaRay or Seawind. I don't believe the Seawind ever made it into production.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chris Clarke 04/28/2014 at 11:44

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Wiki says something like 80 kits built. Never certified or in formal production, but EAA ones are around.

Jonathan Harper > Chris Clarke 04/28/2014 at 11:51

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I know someone with a pre-order one one of these. And my parents live on a small lake...

Chris Clarke > Jonathan Harper 04/28/2014 at 12:10

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Icon raised a small hubbub a few years back at Oshkosh where they set up a fancy static display and went around swiping potential customers credit cards on Square card readers for a fully refundable $2000 deposit.

Jayhawk Jake > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/28/2014 at 12:12

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Maybe a Lake Renegade?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jayhawk Jake 04/28/2014 at 12:15

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I liked the looks of the Adventurair amphib kits back in the day (very similar), but they were legendarily badly built.

Jayhawk Jake > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/28/2014 at 13:01

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That's the Seawind you're talking about