---------------------------------------------------------- Pulsar-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/28/13: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:39 AM - Re: Pulsar tailwheel conversion available (Herbert Schmaderer) 2. 01:07 PM - Wings Over Houston Airshow (pilot623) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:39:07 AM PST US From: "Herbert Schmaderer" Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Pulsar tailwheel conversion available Hi Sonja, just one question, whats appr. the time required to convert a conventional to a tail wheel version? Best regards Herbert OE-CHS PulsarXP/II ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonja Englert" Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:35 PM Subject: Pulsar-List: Pulsar tailwheel conversion available > > Hello Group, > > I have decided to make my tailwheel conversion available to others, > which I had designed for my Pulsar many years ago. After flying my > Pulsar with a nose gear for about 40 hours and being not too pleased > with it (you all know about the problems), I moved the main gear > forward, attached a tailwheel and got rid of the nosegear. By now I > have flown it as a taildragger for almost 700 hours with no issues and > greatly enjoy it. It looks much better too. > > My design differs from the standard factory Pulsar taildragger design > and offers a number of advantages. It is more robust and more suitable > for operation on rough surfaces. Because the main gear is further > forward than the factory installation, there is no tendency to nose > over with full use of the brakes. The steerable, full-swiveling > tailwheel improves ground-handling over the non-steerable nose gear > and eliminates the possibility of shimmy. With the tailspring fairing, > directional stability is improved and the crosswind capability is good > with 15-20 kts. It offers more ground clearance for the tail, which > improves visibility over the nose compared to the factory > taildraggers. The drag reduction from removing the nose gear increases > the speed by up to 5 kts. > > I have made drawings for all the parts needed and wrote detailed > installation instructions. For more information take a look at my web > site www.caro-engineering.com. > > Sonja > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:07:14 PM PST US From: "pilot623" Subject: Pulsar-List: Wings Over Houston Airshow Just a quick report after the Wings Over Houston show at Ellington (KEFD) this past weekend. I was one of about 12 general aviation planes (experimental and factory built) on static display at the airshow this past weekend. Because of the lack of military hardware on the ground and in the air, they tried to give the public a little more to look at so we had the first ever (for this show) GA flight segment on Saturday where 8 airplanes flew two passes, 300 and 800 AGL, in front of the crowd to start the show. I can only guess at how many spectators there were, probably 10,000+ by that time. We didn't do anything fancy, just an extended trail formation with 20 - 30 second spacing between planes which gave the announcer a little time to talk about each plane and pilot. The desire was to show the folks on the ground that common people with common jobs could fly a general aviation airplane. You didn't have to be ex-military or an airline pilot to own and fly a small plane. We had an RV-8, Pitts, DA-40, Pulsar, Long EZ, C172, C120 and a SeaRey. Another similar segment was planned for Sunday but rain and low clouds shortened the flying by more than half so the GA flight was scrubbed. Sunday's crowds were probably 1/10 of Saturday's. The good thing is a lot of people got to see different airplanes up close and hopefully some seeds were planted. 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