Mount Cook Skiplanes in New Zealand has/had ski racks under the wings, two pairs per side I believe. Might want to check with them or the company that flies four mountain bikes externally on a 185. I am thinking I read the bike racks started life as ski racks. Then again, it is New Zealand and I have never seen them used elsewhere.
Just keep in mind that there will need to be two locations to secure the skis. If there is only one, there is an almost certain possibility that the skis would thrash around and perhaps damaging the airplane.Skis mounted fore and aft to the wing would likely work fine. I thought what he was describing was mounting the skis parallel to the struts.....
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Mount Cook Skiplanes in New Zealand has/had ski racks under the wings, two pairs per side I believe. Might want to check with them or the company that flies four mountain bikes externally on a 185. I am thinking I read the bike racks started life as ski racks. Then again, it is New Zealand and I have never seen them used elsewhere.
Skis mounted fore and aft to the wing would likely work fine. I thought what he was describing was mounting the skis parallel to the struts.....
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A friend of a friend used to haul 5 or 6 ft christmas trees on the struts, butt-end forward, one under each wing, tied to the struts and jury struts. Thinking it was probably a -12. My understanding was that it was no problem and the plane felt normal given conservative control imputs. That individual would return to JNU after dark to minimize the likelihood of inconvenient discussions with regulators.
A friend of a friend used to haul 5 or 6 ft christmas trees on the struts, butt-end forward, one under each wing, tied to the struts and jury struts. ..
Really nice pines along the runway at Gustavus. A lot prettier than the local spruce and hemlock. Or so I've been given to understand - -I have to ask, though, why would he be hauling Christmas trees to Juneau? Not like there is a shortage of them here.