Our Seabee is a slightly modified scale model of the classic
Republic Seabee, featuring a fiberglass fuselage weighing 18oz. The Fuselage is composed of fiberglass mat, resulting
in greater unidirectional strength and stiffness. You will find that our fuselages have fewer pin holes than other
glass kits.
The instructions come with a step by step description of how to easily
deal with pin holes in 
fiberglass.
The wings are precut out of small bead 1 lb. density virgin foam and are designed to be sheeted with 1/16"
balsa. The rudder, horizontal stab and elevators are presawn out of 1/4" light weight balsa. The fuel tank
is mounted ahead of the engine inside the fiberglass nacelle. The engine cowl and wing floats are also fiberglass.
The floats come with all the hardware necessary to mount them, including a presawn 1" dowel for mounting in
the foam wing cores. Included in the kit is a clear vacuum formed bubble for the windows. This bubble goes inside
the fuselage after the windows are cut out, leaving the frames and giving the plane a great scale look. Functional
wing lift struts eliminate the necessity of a spar in the wing, allowing a stressed skin design that makes building
fast and easy.
This airplane is a very gentle trainer-like plane to fly due to the
constant cord high lift airfoil. The Seabee takes off in about 100¹ of water with a .40 engine. It is not
a great rough water airplane, however. Boat wakes are difficult, but a small wind makes takeoffs significantly
easier. The twin bee takes off more quickly. The kit includes full size plans, window bubble, a fiberglass fuselage,
2 piece wing foam cores, lift struts, control horns, hinges, screws and bolts, and all necessary wood. The wing
mounts, engine firewall, and tank well reinforcements are also included and are presawn. The plans show how to
make retractable gear for true amphibian operation. The twin bee wing is a separate wing and can be purchased also,
so it can be flown as a twin or a single engine plane. The plane actually performs much better as a twin than a
single engine plane. The twin version includes motor firewalls, reinforcements, and vac. formed cowls and nacelles.
REPUBLIC SEABEE KIT CONTENTS HARDWARE
| 1 | 1--fiberglass fuselage |
| 2 | 1--engine cowl |
| 3 | 1--engine nacelle |
| 4 | 1--vac. formed cockpit |
| 5 | 2--floats |
| 6 | 2--foam wing cores |
| 7 | 4--control horns |
| 8 | 1--36² x 3/32² wire for elev. & rud. extensions |
| 9 | 1--18² x 1/8² wire for water rudder pushrod |
| 10 | 1--water rudder steering arm |
| 11 | 1--2 x 3² sheetmetal water rudder |
| 12 | 1--2-1/4² x 3/32² water rudder shaft |
| 13 | 1--1-1/2² x 3/32² ID brass tube |
| 14 | 13--hinges |
| 15 | 1--10-24 hex head nylon wing bolt |
| 16 | 1--10-24 blind nut |
| 17 | 1--35² aluminum lift strut |
| 18 | 14-#4 x 3/8 screws for lift struts, cowl mounts, float brace |
| 19 | 2--1/8² wire float struts 8² |
| 20 | 2--1/8² wire float strut braces 6-3/8² |
| 21 | 2--solder lugs to mount strut braces |
| 22 | 1--24² wire for wire wrap when soldering |
| 23 | 2--float strut stream line tubing |
| PINE | |
| 25 | 2--3/8² sq. x 3-1/2 for servo side rails in fuse. |
| 26 | 2--3/8² sq. x 6 for servo cross rails in fuse |
| 27 | 2--3/4² cube for lift strut blocks |
| 28 | 2--3/8 x 3/4 x 1 blocks for aileron servo mounts |
| 29 | 8--3/8 sq. x 1/2 for nacelle and cowl mounts |
| PLYWOOD TWIN BEE PARTS | |
| 30 | 1--1/8 x 1/2 x 2 for lift strut plates 50. 4--tank well sides |
| 31 | 1--1/4 plate for wing mount blind nut 51. 2--tank well backs |
| 32 | 1--fire wall 52. 2--firewalls |
| 33 | 2--fire wall braces 53. 2--cowls |
| 34 | 1--1/8 ply wing bolt doubler 54. 2--nacelles |
| 35 | 2--splash rails |
| DOWELS | |
| 36 | 2--1/4² x 1/2 for aileron servo anchors |
| 37 | 2--1/4 x 1 wing mount dowels |
| 38 | 1--1/4 x 3 for elevator coupler |
| 39 | 4--1 x 1-5/16 for float and lift strut anchors |
| BALSA | |
| 40 | 2--1 x 1/2 x 36 leading edge |
| 41 | 2--1 x 3/9 x 36 trailing edge |
| 42 | 2--z x 1/2 x 1 for wing dowel backup |
| 43 | 2--1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 9 for wing tips |
| 44 | 1--1/4 balsa stab |
| 45 | 2--1/4 elevators |
| 46 | 1--1/2 balsa rudder |
| 47 | 1--3/4 cube for water rudder block |
| 48 | 8--1/16 x 4 x 36 for wing sheeting |
| 49 | 2--1/8 x 3/4 x 36 aileron leading edge |