Hey....one of my Cubs is N1243A
I'll bet they were made about the same time! (1954..?)
We could both fly-in somewhere together and call out: four-three-alpha
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Mike, point well taken on the runners -however I don't think they're applicable on the Federal Skis.
Kindly keep in mind that Federal skis have the convex bottom. When on surface-crusted snow they turn great, excellent directional control. On crusted snow, with deep powder sugar snow underneath they also do very well. When on glare ice any ski is helped w/ an ice skeg such as a bolt head. The bolt-head skeg has no affect when on snow.
I do agree that runners have a place on flat skis such as Landes, Aero, or Atlee's. Aero 3,000's are a great ski for deep powder conditons.
I'll go so far as to say that I've never seen ANY ski turn as well and have such great direction control as the Federal brand boards. No doubt part of the ease of turning is also because they're so short, most data tags indicating them as 2,000 or 2,500's will only be about 83-86" long. Plus they're banana shaped front-to-back, allowing them to ONLY "sink in" as far as nessesary to hold up the weight under various snow conditions.
For several years I have toyed with the idea of making a
"NEW" set of skis. Incorperating some of my own idea's. I should get off my azz and start the process.....the STC part takes a LOT of capital$.
Good Flying..>Byron