My plane came from MI to AZ through the worst snowstorm to hit the
Midwest in 80 years. It showed up ony door step with snow still on
the trailer. 2000 miles in two days and no damage. Harbor freight
trailer and boat winter wrap
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I removed a VW and installed an O-200 The weight was almost the same, The
performance was great. The plane has been in storage and not registered since I
sold it.I sure miss that little thing, It weighed in at 575 with the O-200. I
understand it is somewhere around Tahlequah Okla. For those that
"Zipper" Goodman used to be up in that area (or close enough... Coupeville).
http://sites.google.com/a/wildblue.net/goodmans/
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Rearward sweep is sometimes used for in a correction for W&B. I'm thinking
the wooden Spencer Aircar Amphib. It was repowered w/ a bigger engine & has
a 3200lbs gross wt nd a sweep was put in...
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From: "Hall, Rodney CTR NNSY, C210"
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Friday, July 1
Whatever you do, do NOT tie the airframe directly to the trailer. Use tire
straps to hold the tires to the bed of the trailer. Let the tires and
spring gear cushion the airframe just the way they were designed to do. For
a approximately 700 pound aircraft use the lightest trailer you can find
Forward sweep has been used on Amateur built aircraft before. The Cygnet has a
touch of forward sweep as does the Schleicher K-8 glider. A small amount of
forward sweep does not require sophisticated computer controls however
deviating from the designers plans, especially with a proven design su
To Bill:
Mooney's are not unstable, and their wings do not have forward sweep. They are
great aircraft. Their leading edge is straight (perpendicular to the CL of the
fuselage) and their trailing edge is swept forward which gives the appearance
of forward sweep, but it is the leading edge tha
A KR2 trailered to my local airport took a rock through the canopy
during the trip. Unfortunately, the rock won.
Back around 1988, Mike Sacoutis bought a wood wing Mooney off a Grass
Airstrip. It had sat there 'outside' for years.
After some maintenance, he talked 'Serge' German war Test Pilot, to fly it
back to our Airport, approx 10 miles..Serge did, uneventfully.Within
a week a huge wind stor
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