In order to get the seaplane back to Lake Martin after its restoration at Bibb County Airport, it was necessary to execute a trailer take off. (video to follow) We ran up the engine and back taxied the plane down the runway. We wanted to use every bit of available runway. I had read everything I could on the subject of trailer take offs and watched all the other videos that I could find. I had been though the sequence a million times in my head. At the end of the runway I did another run up and then we unstrapped the plane from the trailer. I was in constant contact with the driver of the truck over the radio. I gave the go ahead to start the roll. I added power do keep positive thrust as we accelerated and I kept down elevator to "pin" the plane to the trailer. I did not want the plane to tilt back or slide forward and I wanted sufficient airspeed to climb over the truck. Once we reached 50kts I began to raise the pitch. According to the truck driver we hit 70mph before liftoff. The plane came easily off the trailer and climbed and accelerated nicely. It was very sweet to finish this project and land back into Lake Martin. Thanks to Erol Kyzer and Allen Taylor for the videography and Kevin Williams for the metal work and paint job on the plane. The airplane design is by Anna Welden (my daughter).
