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[vintagent]

Yes, Circlip, you confused me there, did you mean surface and boats-40 moggies?

Vintagent

[Arrow5]

35mHz is NOT for surface use.

[Circlip]

SORRY GUYS, PLEASE kick it    Trying to multi task, read, think and type all at once.

  Yes, 35 Moggies was, is and forever more will be AIRCRAFT ONLY

  40 Moggies Surface and Toy Boats ONLY

  Regards Ian.

[The long Build]

So how is a flying boat plane defined , eg Shorts Sunderland.. 

[andyn]

Flying boats are for 35 moggies or 2.4 giggling moggies

[The long Build]

Flying boats are for 35 moggies or 2.4 giggling moggies

Just as I thought , have now found a use for my Futaba 7 channel 35mhz..

[Colin Bishop]

The difference in full size is that seaplanes have floats while flying boats land on their hulls and the floats are stabilisers.

As far as models are concerned the distinction is between 'surface' and 'air' so if you were to make a model Sunderland that is only capable of swanning around on a pond and cannot become airborne it must be treated as a surface model - 40 moggies. If it can take off then it would be treated as a plane - 35 moggies. Just because it takes off from water rather than land doesn't make it any less of a plane.

35 moggies was introduced to reduce the likelihood of interference from other types of R/C model and hence the likelihood of innocent members of the public being decapitated by out of control high powered flying objects. Just common sense really.

Colin

[Circlip]

Yep, and someone arsked "What about Hovercraft??"  

  Regards  Ian.

  Just remembered, in the early days of the 35Moggy saga, Hitec came out with a 35Mog AM set.