Cub Driver wrote:

I meant to say that somebody
marketed inflatable floats for the Piper Cub, but the concept never
caught on because even a Cub can get up to an altitude at which the
floats began to hyper-inflate.

I wonder if it would be possible to make inflatable floats that could be
deflated once in the air to reduce drag. Maybe a little electric air pump to
inflate them again before landing?

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.