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| Subject: | Re: Grass Field HR Operations - my 2c |
I operate mine off of two different strips and the only mod I made was to
install one of Vince's tail wheels. I was digging trenches when the field
was soft as there was not much clearance below the tail wheel, but overall
no problems.
I try to keep the grass below 6 inches, but that is only because I end up
with grass hanging from the pants and tail wheel if it is any longer.
One strip is 2000 ft and the other is 3200, so no worries about length.
Jeff
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:04:23 -0400, Lee Logan <leeloganster@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Way cool, Andrew! That's an adventurous life you lead!!
>
>
> Lee...
>
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 6:39 PM, ACTIVE NZ - Andrew
> <andrew@nzactive.com>wrote:
>
>> Andrew is actually in Hastings Nebraska, cycling towards California.
>> Slowly. And, um, hotly. You Americans live in a hot country!
>>
>> But here's my nickel on grass field ops in the Rocket, specifically HR2
>> in
>> my case. Which is that:
>>
>> Smokey and Vince are right - no probs. In my case, I just have the
>> standard
>> setup re tyres etc, and I operate in and out of grass all the time. No
>> worries. Grass length? Truth be told, I prefer it very long, as in 18
>> inches
>> or so. Doesn't make much difference getting airborne, but slows you
down
>> nicely landing. In any case, it probably demonstrates the point that
the
>> length doesn't really matter, at least in my experience. Not to a
Rocket,
>> although grass length certainly matters to some other machines.
>>
>> Strip length and softness, however, are important. I won't rave about
>> length - it's obvious. More important to landing than takeoff, in a
>> Rocket.
>> Rockets don't like soft field very much though - they're a little nose
>> heavy. It can be done though. Grass, per se, no problem. Grass on top
of
>> muddy or very soft surface, not so good.
>>
>> Feel free to put your prospective buyer in touch with me if they'd like
a
>> more considered report on grass-field ops in a Rocket.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> a
>>
>>
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>> *From:* owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:
>> owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] *On Behalf Of *johntmey@aol.com
>> *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2010 5:22 PM
>> *To:* rocket-list@matronics.com
>> *Subject:* Rocket-List: Grass Field HR Operations
>>
>> **Rocketeers,
>>
>> I have my HR for sale.... and I have a serious buyer who wants to
operate
>> on grass.
>>
>> My operations are always on pavement. I've ventured onto grass
>> recently...
>> tried removing pants 1st just to see what the performance issues were.
>> Rocket is a lot slower and uglier in that config.
>>
>> I searched back into rocketlist archive regarding grass field
operations.
>> Rob Ray's comments (Desser tires) are good... Andrew in New Zealand,
>> grass
>> operator.
>> Anyone else ? What are issues ?
>>
>> If you are caretaker of your grass strip, how close do you crop the
>> grass... roll the surface... keep it smooth ??
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your comments.
>>
>> John Meyers N5800 Sequim WA
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