TurboBeaver
Registered User
Northern Maine
Just wondering if anyone can provide real numbers for cruise speeds with Datum wheel skis??? Either with a Borer prop or Catto or standard prop. ?????
Just wondering if anyone can provide real numbers for cruise speeds with Datum wheel skis??? Either with a Borer prop or Catto or standard prop. ?????
Maybe there is a language barrier. Maybe not. The Quebecers have a reputation for building good stuff. (BRP for example).Sorta surprised how few folks on here have Datum skis..... On experimental Cubs. The builder says he has almost 500 sets out there? Alot of the sales are in Canada, but mostly
he is selling them to potential Rossi 8000 customers, that are firmilar, with the great Fernandez skis in the 1980s that are
now $20k. So even though he is huge in Europe its interesting with the Experimental aircraft interest so high
in the US. There appears to only be a handful on here running these wheel skis??? Even though alot of folks can
run straight skis off a lake or pasture, getting fuel at the airport is a tussel at best. Sacking on 5 gal jugs accross
the melted ramp to a Cub parked in a snowdrift a 100 yds away; when its 10 below and the wind howling can certainly take ALOT of the zoom out of a great weekend!
Messing around with ski dollys is almost a ditto operation,
While no big deal on a nice day, can become a true pita when its cold and windy........
I got used to Fernandez skis on a 185 and found them like
MTV to be the ultimate in a wheel ski, however in todays
current pricing they may not fit most budgets? Probably still the best option because you can run 8:50s with them.
We will have a set of Datums mounted up on a Cub here very shortly. So will let everyone know how they go and the good and bad about them as soon as we get used to them.
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Did they make any changes so that you don't have to switch to single puck brakes? That was the biggest no go for me, single puck calipers had to clocked as far up as possible to clear the tunnel, at least on the Bearhawk.
TurboBeaver;731049 His way or hyway........lol.[/QUOTE said:That is a FACT!! At least that is my experience after buying a set of used Datums. I attempted to get different axles from him so they could be used on a different plane than this set was originally made and sold to fit. May have been the language barrier, but I ended up having a machinist friend make me a set instead. Sometimes it is easier to just move on.
As was mentioned, overall a good guy with a great product.
There is a set of 2000’s on my airport. They are the same physical size as the 2500’s according to the website. He gave up trying to use 7:00’s and settled on 6:00’s. The travel in the actuator is not long enough for the ski to clear the tire In the wheels position and is not adjustable.
Anyone with the 2500 and 3000. What tire are you using?
Tell that guy I said hello, I haven't seen him in awhile.
Glenn