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Bill Vincent
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 Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject: Picture of snow skis |
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Hi Gang
These are the skis I made for my Kolb. I made them out of old water skis that I had bought at a rummage sale for $10.00. I do not recommend making skis with metal bottoms because they will freeze to the ground.
I also put a stainless steel 3/8 inch rod down the middle of the bottom of the ski, this keeps it from sliding side ways. I made it so that the axel is the same height as the wheel. I find that flying with skis is easier than with wheels, except when the snow is too sticky. Sometimes when I am taking off I have to bounce the skis back onto the runway to knock the snow off of the top of the skis.
Bill Vincent
FS II
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
P.S. Included is a picture of Scott Trask which is Mark III on skis.
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David.Lehman
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 265
Location: "Lovely" Fresno CA
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: Picture of snow skis |
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Bill...
Like your idea of using rollers for a ramp, never thought of that... Would probably work for floats too...
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On 3/1/07, Bill Vincent <emailbill(at)chartermi.net (emailbill(at)chartermi.net)> wrote: | Quote: | Hi Gang
These are the skis I made for my Kolb. I made them out of old water skis that I had bought at a rummage sale for $10.00. I do not recommend making skis with metal bottoms because they will freeze to the ground.
I also put a stainless steel 3/8 inch rod down the middle of the bottom of the ski, this keeps it from sliding side ways. I made it so that the axel is the same height as the wheel. I find that flying with skis is easier than with wheels, except when the snow is too sticky. Sometimes when I am taking off I have to bounce the skis back onto the runway to knock the snow off of the top of the skis.
Bill Vincent
FS II
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
P.S. Included is a picture of Scott Trask which is Mark III on skis.
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