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0. 10:56 AM - Reminder (Matt Dralle)
1. 02:19 AM - Re: Winter Flyin' (Patrick Ladd)
2. 05:19 AM - Re: Avare (Richard Pike)
3. 05:26 AM - Re: Winter Flyin' (Richard Pike)
4. 07:28 AM - Re: Re: Winter Flyin' (Colin Hudson)
5. 10:34 AM - Re: Winter Flyin' (Denny Baber)
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Subject: | Re: Winter Flyin' |
I had a mate in the very early days of ultralighting who swore that,
when he snow was deep, he had flown across the valley to visit his girl
by tying the bumbers (?fenders) of his car to the undercarriage to make
ski`s. Pat
From: B Young
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Winter Flyin'
I try to fly in the winter,, but keep it on the wheels.
when I drove snowmobiles, the metal skis would stick,, put on plastic
skins and Eliminated the sticking.
local flyer built skis from snow boards. they were built with the
wheels through the skis. he could land on hard surface or the snow.
Boyd
On Nov 14, 2015 9:02 PM, "west1m" <west1m@hotmail.com> wrote:
Someone mentioned flying all winter using skis. They mentioned it took
a lot of power to get moving with the skis. Having put the Firefly on
it's nose using too much power while stuck in a rut before I was just
wondering how this works out for people? Do many fly in winter?
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John Hauck wrote:
> Richard P/Gang:
> Do you have a 12 vdc charger for your phone?
> Hook it into your aircraft electrical system.
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> john h
> mkIII
> Titus, Alabama
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Nope. But I can get one. Good idea, thanks
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
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Subject: | Re: Winter Flyin' |
I made a set of skis out of aluminum for my Maxair Hummer back in the day, and
they would stick to the snow, but I could break them loose from the snow by
rocking side by side. Plastic snow boards ought to be better though. The wheels
stuck through the skis, which made things a lot easier on the ground. When
I first made them there were no holes for the wheels, and even though it was 30
something years ago, and I was a lot stronger than I am now, it was all I could
do to move the airplane around. You got to have wheels. Taking off and landing
on snow is a hoot, and flying over snow covered landscape is very pretty.
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
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Subject: | Re: Winter Flyin' |
Having grown up in Michigan flying Cubs with skis we always carried two small pieces
of 2X4's. Aluminum Skis create friction going across the snow and get warm.
The minute we stopped we always lifted one strut at a time and put the chunk
of wood under the ski before it could freeze to the ground. As soon as the
ski cooled you could set it back down without fear of freezing. If you didn't
do this you had a problem.
Colin Hudson
M3Xtra
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> On Nov 15, 2015, at 7:26 AM, Richard Pike <thegreybaron@charter.net> wrote:
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> I made a set of skis out of aluminum for my Maxair Hummer back in the day, and
they would stick to the snow, but I could break them loose from the snow by
rocking side by side. Plastic snow boards ought to be better though. The wheels
stuck through the skis, which made things a lot easier on the ground. When
I first made them there were no holes for the wheels, and even though it was
30 something years ago, and I was a lot stronger than I am now, it was all I
could do to move the airplane around. You got to have wheels. Taking off and
landing on snow is a hoot, and flying over snow covered landscape is very pretty.
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> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
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Subject: | Re: Winter Flyin' |
Winter flying is better because the air is denser it seems to be a smoother
ride, and the engine feels stronger. Sometimes I have to put on long pants
if it drops down into the 60's.
Respectfully,
Dennis Baber
(305) 814-7218
baberdk@gmail.com
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