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well I got one step closer to getting this dream a reality!  I have the adapter plate in hand and it came out NICE!  thanks Dave!! 

hopefully in the next few months I can get some good forward progress on this one and be able to have it ready for flying come float season!  Once I get the engine mounted I will drill and tap the plate for the gear box.  It is a perfect fit to the engine and the gear box and the flywheel is machined to the perfect taper length to bolt it up to the gear box as well.

I think they were 31" bush wheels... I have 31" airstreaks for mine but I have not gotten them on the plane yet.  Hopefully this time home I will get the floats off and get the gear on.

I have mine off and can take a picture when I get out to the hangar.  It really did not work that good (low airflow) with the 912 radiator because the air wants to take the path of least resistance thru the rest of the radiator.  I am planning a separate dedicated opening below the radiator. 

Glad you chimed in Paul, I better rethink this if it wasn't working well for you.

Knowing nothing about this setup - I don't see where it would be effective.

I think there are better ways to get the air thru the rad.

EDMO

Ed this takes preheated air from the radiator, sends it around the exhaust and is used for carb and cabin heat.

Just curious, but what kind of tires were these? Since the ad expired and there isn't any mention of them in this thread I'm left clueless (nothing new, but I still don't like it  )

Knowing nothing about this setup - I don't see where it would be effective.

I think there are better ways to get the air thru the rad.

EDMO

I have mine off and can take a picture when I get out to the hangar.  It really did not work that good (low airflow) with the 912 radiator because the air wants to take the path of least resistance thru the rest of the radiator.  I am planning a separate dedicated opening below the radiator. 

If this is the one for the flat-mounted rad, Kitfox sells one for $168 that fits the 582 and 912 rads.

part # 69137.

prices may have gone up - my book is 2 years old.

EDMO

Whoops - had not looked at your photos - was talking about the flat mount under belly - nothing like photos -

ED

That looks like the same one used on the back of a 582 radiator.. if it is, I contacted Ron a few days ago and he said he didn't have the mold.  Maybe he just did not know what to look for

Great!  I'll be starting my thread in here soon.  It's complicated but I'm still recovering from a series of 5 moves since I left Fairbanks in aut five.  We've been living in and out of boxes for years now and it's tough getting all that junk sorted then thrown away.  

Anyway,  I can see the garage floor now and I've got my indoor electronics/music studio to do yet before I can get the Zenith CH701 out of the trailer and into a recognizable airplane form.  Not long now. 

EB

Joey,

      Good video - When you become more proficient at editing, we wont see those bounces!  Best of all, the wheels were down and the gas caps were up!

EDMO

Birddog,  Sorry about knocking you off of the top of the posts - but I had to put in the 2nd page of Pazmany gear book.

Now you will be back on top.

EDMO

Here is 2nd Pazmany page of gear.  This book is $80, but worth it if you need engineering info on landing gears.

I still wish I could figure out what he put on turnover angles of main and nose gear.

EDMo

Anyone have one of these laying around for sale or have the dimensions so one can be made? I've contacted Ron Smith and he may have the mold to make one but a couple close up pics. would really help so he's not making the wrong part.

Thanks to Paul for one of the pics.

I have a old Kitfox catalog, and they wanted about $1500 just for the nose gear - no mains with it.

Mine is made from a scrapped $100 mountain bike frame from Walmart.   Inovate - design - or spend $$$.

EDMO

 

 

Randy.

 

Not a big issue that you sold your gear already, but just curious what did you end up getting for it. PM me if you don't want to post that information up. I'd just like to know what I should be looking to spend on it if I get serious about that.

 

Hi Kenneth,

It is spendy stuff.  I think I got $800 or $900 for the complete gear; don't remember exactly what we settled on now.  The original builder said he paid $1500 for just the nose gear from Vans.

Does anyone have information to contact John? I don't see how to contact him here. Seriously interested!

Thanks!

That's a long read, but such good information!

  an AFF club plane.... hmmm..

Just cause we didn't hack on ya about it don't mean we didn't notice it  

How many members are on this list that would be interested?  Divide $19,500 by that number... you see where I'm going with this?

I would jump on this one if I was in the market!  I am sure it wont last too long so if your serious about getting into one, I would be calling John ASAP!

No the Mark IV didn't fall through yet, but I also haven't had the chance to get my schedule to coincide with the owner to go take a look at it. Also if there is a MK V available I'd be all over a bit better aircraft for a few thousand more $$$$'s. I like to keep my options open. I also don't think that the Mark IV is going anywhere because the owner hasn't posted it up for sale. He contacted me from an ad I have out there looking for one.

Thanks for the info, now to go read about the Pursang.

If you would PM me with information to contact the owner.

Great information. This is what I was thinking when I put it through the paces, but it was just thinking it through rather than doing a lot of math on the forces (which I probably can't really do anyway). I just seems natural that you could reduce the forces transferred into the fuselage by increasing the angle from the cabanes on the inner leg. Hope you can get the other page loaded up.

Thanks Ed!

That spot works great for storing stuff. The other side has a plastic bag in case anyone gets sick and further back I have a calculator and notebook and an indoor outdoor thermometer. Leni the camera is a drift HD. They sell a cord that plugs right into the camera. It's really quiet though I had to use video software to increase the sound. Doug it's still coming back to me. Surprised no one noticed the porpoise on the last landing. I just about when around on the second bounce.