jared payne

How's this going ?

Did something similar to an ultralight after watching the super stol at Oshkosh .works well

i have a line on any used 503/532/582 motor parts if anyone needs stuff.  I have a friend here in fairbanks alaska has shelves full of parts he would love to move out and make room for newer sled parts as that what he works on mostly now. 

i have a line on any used 503/532/582 motor parts if anyone needs stuff.  I have a friend here in fairbanks alaska has shelves full of parts he would love to move out and make room for newer sled parts as that what he works on mostly now. 

Pretty much done.

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Looks nice. Can you put higher pressure or turn up the springs in the shocks? Looks way light to me, perhaps you just have it that way for testing while building? Wouldn't want it bottoming out.

fully adjustable I need a filler. 

do they use the same pump that the regular snogo air shocks use?  If so I think I may have an extra one laying around.

Pretty much done.

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Looks nice. Can you put higher pressure or turn up the springs in the shocks? Looks way light to me, perhaps you just have it that way for testing while building? Wouldn't want it bottoming out.

Jared, You obviously have some skills and intelligence, I can see that by what you've done.  I would suggest you make up a mock up of the fuselage that can be pulled like a trailer, maybe behind a ATV or something.  Put increasing weights on it and pull it on rougher and rougher ground to see what it will take.  Better to bend up something besides the fuselage, maybe prop, who knows what else if it isn't strong enough.  On the other hand, if it is strong enough and you don't bend it up, you can put it on  the plane with confidence that it will work out.  Also, please video the testing.  You don't have to show it if it doesn't work, but would be great to see if it does.  Would be a great selling feature if this turns out to be the way to go.  Keep at it!  :-)  JImChuk

I want(ed) to do something like that on my Magnum. What I can see looks awesome to me! 

The thing I can't see is if you have added a truss across the bottom of the instrument panel to handle the compressive loads that will be there.  

You are constructing the dream for my Magnum rebuild. What do you plan on doing for the tail wheel?

Chris

Oh.....and obviously you were smoking the good shit....

Looks like a dirt bike shock hooked up to me . If it is damn dis you add some weight to that plane . Might end up bending something really easy.

Each shock weighs 7.8 pounds. 16in off travel. They are made for off road $254,

Looking at the idea, which is a good one, I have these thoughts:

1. Is the gear leg wide enough to handle the fore-aft loading (as MN said)?

2. At full deflection of the shock, how much ground clearance will you have at the belly and or prop?

3. Is the relatively small tubing at the top shock mount, even with the gussetting, strong enough for the loading you plan to impose on it?

 

I added a tube also that goes from port to starboard to help with the crushing affect.

Where did you get that big shock absorber?  I was thinking about something somewhat similar a while back.  Not quite as extreme though.  Sure will have lots of travel.  You must have seen the Just aircraft video.  Would like to see how it works.   JImChuk

My wife got the shock from uncle Jeff "Amazon"

Well...  ya took the vertical load off the seat truss!

Wonder if it'd handle fore and aft though? 

SuperStol inspired? 

That was quick.  You wont regret it.  Fly with someone with the regular width and you will be glad you added the extra lb or two.  JImChuk

PS  good idea to brace up the seat truss and under the doors as well as long as you are handy with steel.

Has anyone even put double brakes on a Avid yet ? Are you flying to get signed off on the avid or going for your license ? 

At the front bottom of the door, there is no gain in width.  At the back bottom of the door it is 1 1/2" wider on each side.  The back of the seat is pretty much at the back of the door.  It is wider at the hips and shoulders in my opinion.  I like it so much on my Avid, I would almost do it on  a finished plane that I owned.  I have another Kitfox 4 that is covered, and have agonized over pulling the fabric back off to do the mod.  Although they are getting closer, my shoulders are still wider than my hips.  ;-)  JImChuk

This  is what I did with mine.  It gave me 3" wider at the top of the seat.  I went 4" wider on my Kifox 4, but it doesn't have the baggage compartment door on the side like the Avid does.  I used 7' of 1/2"  035" wall tubing on each side.  JImChuk