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Paul A. Franz, P.E.
Joined: 02 Dec 2008
Posts: 280
Location: Bellevue WA
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 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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How about an LSA that needs no trailer to get it to the airport? In fact, you just
drive it from your garage to the airport. Weathered in? Heck, just drive a leg of the
trip.
<http://www.terrafugia.com/aircraft.html>
You can have it for about the price of a Kitfox, the trailer and the car to pull it.
and you can have one later this year. Rotax 912UL powered. Not a tricycle gear either,
nor is it a tail dragger. It's front wheel drive!
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Paul A. Franz
Registration/Aircraft - N14UW/Merlin GT
Engine/Prop - Rotax 914/NSI CAP
Bellevue WA
425.241.1618 Cell
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Paul A. Franz, P.E.
Registration/Aircraft - N14UW/Merlin GT
Engine/Prop - Rotax 914/NSI CAP
Bellevue WA
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akflyerbob
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 30
Location: Soldotna, Alaska
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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I sure didn't pay 194 thousand for my kitfox,
even both of them together
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Bob Wolfe..Soldotna, Alaska
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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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Hey Bob, any thoughts on the thread about strapping stuff outside
your airplane, especially a Kitfox, and flying? The subject is called
"Snowshoes on struts"
I'm looking for input from guys in Alaska, where the rules were
seemingly a little more relaxed, according to some books I've read.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 605 hrs
Sensenich 62x46
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
New skis done and flying
On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:04 PM, AKFLYERBOB wrote:
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I sure didn't pay 194 thousand for my kitfox,
even both of them together
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Bob Wolfe..Soldotna, Alaska
KF Mod I and III
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 28805#228805
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Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
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akflyerbob
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 30
Location: Soldotna, Alaska
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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Lynn
I have always been told it is not legal to strap, Tye, or attach any
thing to the struts as they are not designed for drag effect.
We, I should say I, have generally tied snow shoes, rifles in a
scabbard and other stuff, "gas cans", and have not been ruffled
over it. Not saying up here is lax, but you can see planes tied at the airport with snow shoes strapped to the struts.
I think all realize a one mile walk in 4 ft of snow at -20 can't be done
without snow shoes. If their destroyed inside the plane, better outside.
I had to remove anything from the struts to have the
airplane annulled.
This is not a confession and I will deny it as a myth
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:28 am Post subject: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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Lynn,
I'm not Bob, but there is a guy on our flying group roster who flys a Rans
S-7 and regularty straps a folding chair to his lift struts with bungees.
One of the guys is a CFI and there has been a lot of joking about it, but no
talk of the regs.
Lowell Fitt
Cameron Park, CA
Model IV-1200 R-912 UL
Working on horizontal gap seal
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akflyer
Joined: 07 May 2007
Posts: 574
Location: Soldotna AK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:51 am Post subject: Re: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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It only has a 27' wing... bet it is a short wing flying death trap... and an expensive one at that! Wonder if I could clip the wings on it a little more and pick up a few MPH. Ideas anyone?, anyone??, anyone???.
Snake man
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DO NOT ARCHIVE
Leonard Perry aka SNAKE
Soldotna AK
Avid "C" / Mk IV
582 (147 hrs and counting on the rebuild)
IVO IFA
Full Lotus 1450
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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: trailering your LSA - skip the trailer |
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Thanks, Lowell. Always good to have examples like this one.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 605 hrs
Sensenich 62x46
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
New skis done and flying
do not archive
On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Lowell Fitt wrote:
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<lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net>
Lynn,
I'm not Bob, but there is a guy on our flying group roster who flys
a Rans S-7 and regularty straps a folding chair to his lift struts
with bungees. One of the guys is a CFI and there has been a lot of
joking about it, but no talk of the regs.
Lowell Fitt
Cameron Park, CA
Model IV-1200 R-912 UL
Working on horizontal gap seal
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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
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