I remember talking with you.

By chance have you ever done a thrust test on your plane? Just curious, as that is even more important than the actual horsepower for flying floats.

And I may have changed my opinion some about the short wing. A standard Just Highlander makes for a really good seaplane, yet the wing area is less than a standard Kitfox wing. So I'm thinking it is probably more equivalent to a Kitfox Speedster's wing area. If true, then the shorter Kitfox wing should work just fine. At least that's my current take on things right now

I'll try to post what I come up with here on the forum rather than an email since the group is interested.