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wingman

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 18

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:22 am Post subject: Full Lotus wheels

Hello



Has anyone seen, or used, or heard of anyone using the full lotus tail wheels.

The ones that are mounted on the rear of each float.



If so, do you have any info to share, or best of all, some pictures maybe.

W

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akflyer

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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Full Lotus wheels

they are pretty crappy.  I would not use them for anything more than beaching gear.  If you are thinking about adapting one for full time use as a tail wheel, I would advise that you clear your head of such thoughts.



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wingman

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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Full Lotus wheels

OK, but do you have any experience with this.

Have you seen them in use or used them yourself?



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akflyer

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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Full Lotus wheels

yes and yes and I still stand by my earlier statement, unless they have changed drastically in the last few years.  I cant get pics right now as I am 900 miles away from the floats.

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wingman

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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: Full Lotus wheels

Ok thanks for answering and forgive me for asking but

could you elaborate a bit more.



I have already built a setup for the main wheels that is strong and good.

But I am not quite sure if the rear end of the floats is strong enough to support tail wheels without bending the tubes.



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akflyer

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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Full Lotus wheels

The setup that was on the KF III bent the crap out of the spreader bars and the tube tails.  I am sure you could use heavier tubes and get away with it, but I would not be real hip on it.  Make sure you grease every landing or be ready for a good ride.  The setup I saw and took off my brothers KF II ( he bought them from a guy that had them on a III and put them on his II), I would have only used for beaching gear (land in the water, taxi to shore, drop the gear and pull up on the beach)  I would not have tried landing with wheels down on hard surface, maybe, maybe, a nice grass runway so when things went south you could just slide in on the grass without much damage to the plane.



I know a guy years ago that had a mono float on his koala and he had pure trouble with the setup.  you may have something better now, but the original rigging and tailwheel from full lotus left much to be desired.  The floats and amphibian setup were designed for ultralights that were 250# and landed/took off at 15-20 MPH.  Guys have since been stuffing them on larger faster planes and not all results were desirable.  You may have a better system.  Post up pics of yours and I can tell you if it is the same as the one I dealt with.

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