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Finally got my seaplane base up and operational (48FA), across the street from KLEE in class Delta. Leveraging Aircraft Caddy with a custom Icon cradle to pull the A5 up to the shop/hangar.

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Looks great. Nice setup.

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Very very nice!

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I've used that tug for several years with good results!

Pretty easy to "pimp it up" with items from Amazon if you don't mind doing a bit of rewiring at the 16-pin connector!

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Looks like a nice setup, I’m looking at buying lake house in lake county…Is there much complications or red tape to install a ramp into water? Or do I need to find a house with existing ramp

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The ramp requires permitting and EPA if you need to clear indigenous plants that are not invasive. I used two contractors to navigate the paperwork and red tape. I did leverage my existing ramp, but needed to clear the waterfront from overgrowth to allow for new dock and seaplane base clearances.

Professional Waterfront Cleanup (PWC)

• Clay Bell - Lake Weed Removal | Professional Waterfront Cleanup

FAA Consultant --> Helped navigate the setup of 48FA seaplane base with FAA, city, and surveyors, etc.

• Christopher "DOC" Bailey
• CWO U.S. Army Ret. (Huey, Medevac Pilot)
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Interesting, so is there a reason you had to designated as seaplane base?

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No 'real' requirement to do so (depending on the body of water). Our lake is a private lake, and neighbors could have officially complained and potentially (there is precedent) stop you from landing on your lake. Establishing a seaplane base on the lake removes the ability for complaints. Neighbors are notified, etc. of the seaplane base and have X days to respond. I wanted to protect the investments on the shoreline and ensure that Silver Lake would have seaplanes landing on it for years to come.....

-Rob

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Rob, do you know of any properties in lake county that could be available with existing boat/ seaplane ramp? Also anyone you know at Klee that might share hanger with folded icon?

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There are a few houses for sale on Silver Lake . I hear there is a cool Icon there. Lake Dora and Lake Harris have seaplane bases already -- so houses on those lakes are covered.

RE: Hangars. I rent the main hangar at Sunair Aviation for my Bonanza G36. Keep my Icon now at home garage. I'm on the wait list for a T-Hangar there. But you may want to check with SunAir, since they let me keep my Icon in the main large hangar for about 1-year ($$$).