Pietenpol-List: skis
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:41 pm
Original Posted By: "walt evans"
Don wrote->Thinking about some homemade wooden skis now! Just need that snow.When I lived in Oregon, I thought about skis to extend the year and to open up some possibilities for flying off of areas that are beautiful in winter but impossible to get to in a car or truck. Skis came to mind. A lot of my "stuff" has been purchased at flea markets and pawn shops, such as my ski boots, ski poles, skis, camp stove, tents, tools, and lots of other stuff. What I saw in the pawn shop that intrigued me were snowboards that are several years old, nobody wants to be caught dead on the slopes with them, cost less than $50 apiece but seem like they would be perfect for skis for a light plane. I could be wrong, but it would seem like a pair of snowboards (matched pair) with some fabricated mounts could work for a light plane.Never got around to experimenting with the idea, and Texas doesn't seem to have much snow ;o) Maybe over on the Monahans sand dunes-?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________Fixing up the home? Live Search can help ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:06:55 -0500
Don wrote->Thinking about some homemade wooden skis now! Just need that snow.When I lived in Oregon, I thought about skis to extend the year and to open up some possibilities for flying off of areas that are beautiful in winter but impossible to get to in a car or truck. Skis came to mind. A lot of my "stuff" has been purchased at flea markets and pawn shops, such as my ski boots, ski poles, skis, camp stove, tents, tools, and lots of other stuff. What I saw in the pawn shop that intrigued me were snowboards that are several years old, nobody wants to be caught dead on the slopes with them, cost less than $50 apiece but seem like they would be perfect for skis for a light plane. I could be wrong, but it would seem like a pair of snowboards (matched pair) with some fabricated mounts could work for a light plane.Never got around to experimenting with the idea, and Texas doesn't seem to have much snow ;o) Maybe over on the Monahans sand dunes-?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________Fixing up the home? Live Search can help ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:06:55 -0500