Tower Hobbies - Seawind - 1.4m - Second Thoughts - Wheels Up from Pavement, Belly Down on Water

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

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[@JessieGresham-rr3nb]

Brian don't worry nobody is going to be burnt out on the it's a beautiful place I really did enjoy your I know I'm speaking for everyone nobody wants to see a video that has been altered you show it just like it is camera crew does a wonderful job I will be looking forward to seeing your next video

[@Les-d7t]

Brian, I had servo failure on first flight and had to replace fuselage. Might be very difficult to replace the main gear servo ad it's pretty well buried in a waterproof cavity. I dissected the fuselage to bench test the gear servo. It's substantially more robust than the other plastic gear servos...which I replaced with Hitec servos. I put my gear on a 2 second timer which might help to take some of the stress off its servo. I may fiddle with the radio a bit to help extend the servo lifetime. Keep up the good work.

[@gianluca387]

Hi, nice video!! One question, have you ever made a video showing how to correctly hold your fingers on the gimbal of the remote control? And I wanted to ask you if you have ever adjusted the tension of the gimbals, I have a nx8 Spektrum and I think that maybe by tightening them a little I can make more accurate movements... but I have to try... I ask you because I see that you are very good and precise in the maneuvers, thanks.

[@rlbutterfield]

Like your pond,Brian.

[@Tswanson703]

Hey B P I have been trying to get into this hobby for a long time and you r perfect for me to learn. I’m a little technologically challenged and watching your radio set up is awesome even if I have to watch it a couple of times. You and your wife are awesome together keep up the good work!!

[@mikefortune1263]

Thanks for the Second Thoughts. Love this plane. Can’t wait to get mine on the water.

[@miodice3]

Love the float planes! Thanks for honest review. I wouldn’t mind the surgery and nice to know it may need it

[@brian1740]

Great fly Brian!!!! I think this is the best flying I have seen you do!!!

[@RC-Deathsqaudron-zv1iq]

Outstanding!

[@scottelm3496]

Nice real video Brian, talk about smoke on the water! The video and comments made me think twice about modifying a few important areas. I recently just purchased the Seawind with your suggested price, can’t beat it. Looks like I will be flying off of snow bcuz it is winter here in Wisconsin. I will wait for water in the spring time. Meanwhile looks like winter ops.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

yeah, but keep an eye out for the WATER RUDDER...it might break off on you, like mine did. you can just take that out, or disconnect the linkage, and TAPE it up.

[@matthewbrothers2823]

Got to check out the beach flight i did at Corpus Christi TX, landed it in the surf rolled it onto the beach and took off again.

[@RCPicasso]

Weird looking and so cool at the same time!

[@LeoRousseau]

Such a silent ride! 💙

[@FarmerFpv]

I didn't know Tower Hobbies made a smaller Seawind Seaplane. I have had the Great Planes 71" Seawind Seaplane with an electric conversion for 10 years now. One of my favorite lake flyers. It's got an old Rimfire 50-55-500kv motor Castle Creations Phoenix 80a ESC and 13x8E APC Prop. Still flying it on an old Electrify Power Series 6s1p 3200mah lipo that still works. I need this smaller version to add to my collection. I'm still trying to fly the smaller great planes version. This is awesome. Thanks for the remarkable review and flight, Brian. Super exited to get one.

[@AL-RCjunkie]

Oh Man!! I've been dying to see you do a water ops video on this plane! And it didn't disappoint 😂 I love the smoke feature!! I'm totally going to drag my Maule to my dad's place, by the river and float fly that bad boy. Thanks for the inspiration. 👍

[@Drewdown382]

Great job camera crew! Still the best in the business.

[@SafetyThirdRC]

That was fantastic.

[@MrBumbles2]

lol i built a seawind from scratch plans in the 80's still have the wing. will have to order one. lanier had a simular aka early foam kit too.

[@shownuff891]

You’re just showing off now !!! lol first to be able to fly in your front yard and now your own personal lake in the backyard … lol great video

[@matthewrathbun6332]

Excellent coverage on this model. Some Malarkey is expected...Smoke and Flight. Model on!

[@frankm8930]

Brian, I purchased this plane for my annual lake trip this year and had the exact same problem. I had 40 + flights on the plane over the course of 7 days and only extended the gear to make battery loading easier. I didn’t even taxi the plane on the gear as I was flying from a floating dock. On the last day when I was braking the plane down to transport it home I found that the main gear would not extend and I could smell a burning cent. I believe the main gear servo overdrive the retract mechanism and froze causing the servo to burn out before I could figure out what happened. If you remove the clear plastic cover cover the servo horn I believe you will discover the same thing happened to yours This was my second Seawind. I had to send the first one back because it came with a stripped main gear servo. This will be a dedicated float plane because major surgery is required to replace what I consider to be a poor quality servo and a bad design

[@rc-fannl7364]

Seems like a design flaw, making the servo run too far and lock up.

[@FarmerFpv]

Did you set the endpoints? It will over-extend and over-retract if you don't. Also if they get stuck for any reason the servo with smoke. I always tug on the gear before I put my gear down to make sure it's not catching on anything. Not sure why they don't put any of that information in the manual. It's a shame because it is such a beautiful plane. This could have been prevented if they used a better digital driver for the gear. Which is probably what I'm going to end up doing. I have the Great Planes 71" Seawind brushless conversion. If you can find one you need to get one. Sometimes the ARF kit will show up on eBay or RCGroups. I also have the Flyzone 56" Seawind which is a very nice model. If you can find one swoop it up. Totally worth it. I also heard on RCgroups that they were going to bring back the Flyzone 56" Seawind. There has been a demand for it.

[@frankm8930]

Yup, you’re right. Unfortunately the servo burnt out before I realized it was a problem. This is something that should be done at the factory or at the least be addressed in the manual. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if it wasn’t such a project to replace the servo. Big miss by HH/TH.

[@snoriverrc3842]

Its such a cool plane, and Tower really stepped up its game designing it. I wish I had water for it.

[@leeinwis]

twin towers

[@gravityfuzz]

Beautiful!

[@medscott2]

I had the same thing happen to me with my Seawind with the main gear servo dieing. And i only flown it 6 times. I looked at a lot of forms and found out that they use really cheap servo that does hold up. And to replace that servo you have to cut the top of the fuse and the screws are not easy to get to either. I replace both retract servos with stronger metal geared ones.

[@upperechelon3456]

Great video Brian. I'll be adding this to my hanger. Most likely I'll wind up swapping out the esc and motor making it a 4s bird. The servo replacement shouldn't be all that bad.

[@quilong]

Hey Brian, beautiful property, but no wonder since you invented the screwdriver! ;) regards!

[@robertosoest3846]

Greetings from Norway 🎉

[@Twissted-RC]

I’d like to see some boat reviews in that pond. Been thinking about getting old battleships

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Yeah, US TOO!!! One coming soon, and hopefully more choices soon ;)

[@Twissted-RC]

@@BrianPhillipsRC sweeeeet. Missed this comment. Where’s that boat vid huh? Lol

[@AL-RCjunkie]

Burned out on the pond?!? No way!! More pond!! In fact, I'd love to see stuff chucked in the pond that has no business at all being anywhere near a pond 😂 Lets see an ebike with paddle tires go across the pond!! Sorry. Jk. Brian's had enough head injuries. But, I'm loving the water ops. Can't wait for some of the float equipped planes you've done over the past few years to get their, "moist maden" on youtube. UMX TTE?? FMS Maule?? PA18 1.7m?? Or have any of those wonderful child labor, mad scientists in the basement 3D printed a set of floats for the Micro Draco, yet? That would be cool. And not impossible... hehe. 👍

[@rc-fannl7364]

Bigger pond, so it can be used for rc sailing regattas, etc...

[@matthewbrothers2823]

I think when i replaced mine, i pulled the plastic cover and got it out through there. On the old version tower had an manual addition on how to get it out

[@michaelwarren4501]

Neat plane. Keep the float planes coming. The internet or the manual will tell you how to change the servo out.

[@tonydarst8211]

For anyone on the fence, it’s a Doorbuster at $180 for the PNP until 12/8/24. I’m pretty tempted.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Nice! That's an amazing deal! bprc.me/Tower_Seawind

[@gianivi]

❤❤

[@HighDesertFlyers]

Well Brian when your done playing with it have Megan hit me up, I'm sure we will pick it up from you lol. Thanks For the video. Looking forward to seeing that quality packing job you did. Thanks Guys.

[@patrickciarcia4100]

Very cool…. 😎

[@MegaControltv]

Is espectacular y so beautiful hydroplane !!! I want one ! but tower hobbies not international shipping... I live in Santiago of Chile, do you know another place to buy it ?

[@jwoocrew]

Now that you have the pond will you revisit the Tower Hobbies Beaver on floats?

[@manuelordonez7331]

I think the servo got wet, maybe spraying the electronics with corrosión X could be a good idea, nice plane, mine flyies beautifully from water, greetings from Ajijic México

[@bradbarclay8616]

Do you have link to the pole and long windsock in your front yard?

[@JamesONeillConsulting]

Brian I really like this plane for my next purchase. That servo incident is really giving me second thoughts about it. Would that be a deal breaker in your opinion?

[@manuelordonez7331]

Hi, I think the servo got wet, so could be a good idea to spray some corrosion X on the electronics, mine flyes beautifully from water, greetings from Ajijic México

[@franks.jr.7236]

Still a very nice flight

[@MegaRickw]

another great one,keep them coming,lol

[@johnyates4163]

Hi Brian, unrelated question, are you due to review the UMX Ultra Slow Stick anytime soon?

[@anvil49]

I have the all white version one and it is notorious for getting water in it through the canopy. The seal is terrible and I believe that water is your problem

[@EJ-74]

NIIIICE 👌

[@rc-fannl7364]

The bouncy landing could not have caused this, the wheels were up, so zero stress on that retract servo.

[@payitfwdrcl6171]

Brian, I guess we’ll find out how you feel about it on your 3rd Thoughts😂? I actually have one them hidden somewhere lol. I’m not sure where I put it. Maybe I’ll find it one day and fly it off your Dam runway. Go ahead and fix yours I’ll be your wingman. 😁😎

[@feelgooddany]

FMS AVANTI 90MM + TV????????!!!!! 😂

[@robertv1273]

If a servo has a job to do and you stop it from doing that job like the mud did, it will fry.

[@MrBuddy7798]

nice price also