Pietenpol-List: snow skis
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 pm
Original Posted By: Isablcorky(at)aol.com
Folks;I've thought about, and prepared, my M-19 "Flying Squirrel" for both floats and skis. My thought on the skis was to incorporate a set of used snowboards, but those are quite flexible and pretty large unless you're operating on deep powder snow.There are a couple of photos of skis that I thought I'd pattern mine from, on my website at http://www.flysquirrel.net/floats/ski.jpg and http://www.flysquirrel.net/floats/ski1.jpg if someone just wants to gather ideas.These skis slip onto the same axles as the wheels on your landing gear... NOT penetration skis that go on over the tires.I guess the best thing to do is to fly in to the winter ski deal at Oshkosh to get ideas and take pictures of other ski setups. February, is it?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Folks;I've thought about, and prepared, my M-19 "Flying Squirrel" for both floats and skis. My thought on the skis was to incorporate a set of used snowboards, but those are quite flexible and pretty large unless you're operating on deep powder snow.There are a couple of photos of skis that I thought I'd pattern mine from, on my website at http://www.flysquirrel.net/floats/ski.jpg and http://www.flysquirrel.net/floats/ski1.jpg if someone just wants to gather ideas.These skis slip onto the same axles as the wheels on your landing gear... NOT penetration skis that go on over the tires.I guess the best thing to do is to fly in to the winter ski deal at Oshkosh to get ideas and take pictures of other ski setups. February, is it?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
