Gunderson

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    Looks like Casey Curtis' Catalina, which I tried to buy in 2011 with a bucket of cash and my Piper Clipper.  That's a beautiful Catalina, maybe the best ever. Glad to see someone is enjoying it in lake country.

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    Here's a KT76A in Skyraider II panel. That's a narrower panel since seating is tandem rather than side by side.  You can lay out your panel any way you like. My KT76A tray is bolted to the panel face by two screws on each side, and is supported in the rear by a stiff rubber bungee around the top frame attaching to each rear corner.

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    Hi Marlon,

    I've seen your SkyRaider at OSH many times, nice to finally put a face to it. I always snap a pic when I find something of interest and recall taking note of your front spar bolt and lifting ring setup. Then I noticed your windscreen cutouts, never seen it done quite like that but does seems like it would provide good strain relief for the radius bends. Probably need to cover with root end fairings for cold weather flying though. BTW, my first ever ride into OSH was right seat in a Widgeon. :)

     

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    Hi DH, yes, I use those lift rings to hoist the SRII up to the rafters in my hanger, which gives me room for one more toy, and will come in handy for switching out tires and floats.  I'm designing float rigging that will have 4 fixed attach points mating to the axle and main strut float fitting so I'll be able to just pull off the tires and set it down and attach with 2 pins and 2 axle saddle caps. I'm attracted to the idea of flying off of water, and I've read just enough Jimmy Buffet to be enamored of the Widgeon--lucky you.

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    Welcome to the forum! Congrats on the club that goes cross country with a 2-stroke. I get told all the time that it's not possible. While Osh is on the bucket list, I've done CA to ID several times. After seeing your plane I just went and dug through my 2016 Osh pics and found a shot of your bird. Look forward to meeting you next time. I just got some nice bungee covers from Fisher Upholstery in Eagle Idaho if your looking to clean it up a little. EDIT disregard I see in the pics I posted that you have some now.


    My flight to OSH is about 5 hours and I plan for one fuel stop on the way, so not overly ambitious. It could turn into a grind with a headwind, so I always wait for a tailwind to head down, and bail out when I get a tailwind to head back with.  When I was there in 2009 or 2010, there were two guys who had flown from Salt Lake in a SRII and a mini-max on 503's on 100 mile legs; that was commitment. Sadly the SRII pilot crashed and met his end a couple of years later trying to tow a banner.  He had this video 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGu-TurDyKw

     which I always enjoy.



    I made bungee covers from a sheet of PVC wrapped around the front and stitched flush together in the back and covered with a stretchy fabric tube cut from a soccer sock.



    Thanks for the welcome!

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    Welcome to the forum. We have had nice visits at Airventure. I'm from southcentral Mn.

    Yep, I recall. I still intend to make it to Madelia after I get my Cozy out of Phase 1.

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    I'm late to the party. Just became aware of this group recently and happy to find a forum for these aircraft.

    I've built:  
    SkyRaider II Rotax 503, completed phase 1 2011
    Cozy III  Lycoming O320, starting phase 1 2017

    I've previously owned:
    T-Bird UL, Protech PT2, Piper J5, Piper Clipper

    I've flown my SkyRaider II from the Twin Cities to Oshkosh for the airshow, camping by the Red UL Barn, for the last 5 years.

    I have puddle jumper floats for the SkyRaider, the rigging for which will be my next project after finishing my Cozy in 2017.

    A member profile and other stuff about me is available at these links to my local EAA chapter newsletter.

    Intro
    Trip Report
    SkyRaider II Build
    SkyRaider II Osh Trip Report

     

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    I have a KT-76A mode C in my SkyRaider II and in my Cozy, and I fly out of an airport near my home underlying Class B, so I'll need to get compliant in both for 2020.
    I've had my eye on the NavWorx-EXP unit as the lowest entry cost, but I'm glad I didn't pull the trigger since they are now battling the FAA and could crater.
     
    I'm now waiting to see how things shape up for the uAvionix Echo ATU 20, which was exhibited at Oshkosh last summer. 
     
    This is from a Palo Alto based company primarily going after ADS-B for the UAV / Drone market which stands to have greater volumes and cost efficiencies. It is a very small and light unit, and they expect to price this version for the experimental aircraft market at around $1200 (I could see that going up if NavWorx craters, but hopefully competitors will proliferate to keep prices in check).  It has built in WAAS GPS and receives on both 1090 and 978, and transmits on UAT 978 MHz, so it doesn't need the Mode C coax coupler that the NavWorx required; it picks up your (1090) Mode C from its single dipole (ADSB needs to use the same squawk code as your Mode C transmitter so must monitor and duplicate).  It has only WIFI for delivering ADSB-In Wx/traffic for tablet display unlike the serial port NavWorx provides but I can probably accommodate that.  uAvionix is still working towards FAA approval for this unit. They have recently received approval for similar units from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and expect FAA approval in 2017.
     
    Don't jump too soon if you don't have to.
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