like Glenn, I've have an early one, and landed on the usually places, smooth grass, sandy bars, bars with small rocks some a little bigger rocks, farm fields, etc. so far so good
I know it's no help now but when I put my skis on I can get a video of how mine are rigged and work.. you are going to need a tail wheel. Here's what I made and it's retractable
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Oli, the 450 lb actuator is just barely strong enough.
I rigged up a scale to see how much force it took to push the plate under the tire. For about 2 seconds the scale went to 400 lbs. Then down to 200lbs. Should work, time will tell
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