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1. 06:30 AM - pulsar iii purchase (kirk bellard)
2. 07:11 AM - Re: pulsar iii purchase (John)
3. 09:11 AM - Re: pulsar iii purchase (Larry Wheat)
4. 09:54 AM - Re: pulsar iii purchase (Cliff)
5. 06:32 PM - Re: pulsar iii purchase (Brian Anderson)
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| Subject: | pulsar iii purchase |
im considering purchasing a pulsar iii with a 912, will be landing on a grass strip,
i'm not familiar with the pular and would appreciate tips about this aircraft
from any one with experience
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| Subject: | Re: pulsar iii purchase |
Bad idea, the weight on the nose wheel is too heavy unless it is hard
packed. But I still would not recommend it.
John Hutson
On 1/26/2018 8:30 AM, kirk bellard wrote:
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> im considering purchasing a pulsar iii with a 912, will be landing on a grass
strip, i'm not familiar with the pular and would appreciate tips about this aircraft
from any one with experience
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=477593#477593
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| Subject: | Re: pulsar iii purchase |
The 2 times I flew into a GOOD grass strip were marginal. The Pulsar does not seem
to like anything other than hard surfaces. Cheers. Sonya might be able to
give you clearer opinions on this.
> On Jan 26, 2018, at 7:11 AM, John <pulsar1@mygrande.net> wrote:
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> Bad idea, the weight on the nose wheel is too heavy unless it is hard packed.
But I still would not recommend it.
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> John Hutson
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| Subject: | Re: pulsar iii purchase |
I have a Pulsar XP here in NZ. I have over 2250 hours on my plane. Most
all of this is from grass strips. I have the larger wheels offered as
an option. You must learn to land it like a tail dragger and keep the
weight off the nose leg until it finally settles. I also have the
beefed up nose leg assembly which I am sure this aircraft you are
looking at will have too?
Cliff
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> im considering purchasing a pulsar iii with a 912, will be landing on a grass
strip, i'm not familiar with the pular and would appreciate tips about this aircraft
from any one with experience
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=477593#477593
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| Subject: | Re: pulsar iii purchase |
Just reinforcing Cliffs comments. Probably a third of my landings in over 600 hours
were on grass strips. Some are better than others of course, and one in particular
I remember was a smooth as a billiard table, and a joy to land on. [Cliff,
remember the trip to New Plymouth, landing on the grass cross runway].
Others were particularly rough and very uncomfortable.
The landing technique is to increase the back pressure on the stick immediately
on touch-down and keep pulling back [if there is any further to go] as the speed
decays, to keep the nose wheel off the ground as long as possible. All the
experienced pulsar drivers that I have seen do this.
However, I did incorporate some modifications while building which may have helped
preserve my nose gear. Im talking about the XP. Later models may differ. I
have the larger wheels too, and the larger nose wheel. The original plastic wheel
was not used as it was significantly out of true. An aluminium AZUSA wheel
was substituted. I did my best to balance this too, with the tyre on of course.
I made bronze bushes to press fit into the aluminium support brackets that are
glassed to the firewall. These provide a much better bearing for the bolts securing
the noseleg. I also substituted a mountain bike shock system, to replace
the original spring assembly. Used a RockShok, with a hydraulic damper, and a
spring rated at 200 lbs. This fitted very nicely on the original mounts. That
spring is a deal softer than the original, and the damper goes a long way to
absorbing shock loads.
Brian
> On 27/01/2018, at 6:54 AM, Cliff <freedom4life@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
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> I have a Pulsar XP here in NZ. I have over 2250 hours on my plane. Most all
of this is from grass strips. I have the larger wheels offered as an option.
You must learn to land it like a tail dragger and keep the weight off the nose
leg until it finally settles. I also have the beefed up nose leg assembly which
I am sure this aircraft you are looking at will have too?
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> Cliff
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>> im considering purchasing a pulsar iii with a 912, will be landing on a grass
strip, i'm not familiar with the pular and would appreciate tips about this
aircraft from any one with experience
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=477593#477593
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