NunavutPA-12
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67.8N,115.1W CYCO Canada
Home-built PA-12/18 with flaps, -18 gear and tail, O-320 160 hp, extended wings, Catto prop, 3-inch extended gear.
In the summer months, with those big compartments in my 2200 Clamar floats we can carry all we need.
In the winter, with more survival gear to haul, it's a struggle to fit everything in, especially if we want to take the dog along.
So I'm considering a cargo pod (no - I won't put the dog in there!).
Questions:
1) How do they attach to the airplane? Do the attachment points require welding?
2) Most of our lakes here would not have more than a foot of soft snow over a harder base in late winter/early spring. Will the belly pod drag in the snow?
3) How much time/trouble is it to seasonally remove and re-install?
I'm thinking I would typically carry the lighter units of camping gear, rifles, and perhaps 50 or 60 pounds of frozen food in the pod.
Any recommendations as to make and model of pod would be appreciated.
Larry
In the summer months, with those big compartments in my 2200 Clamar floats we can carry all we need.
In the winter, with more survival gear to haul, it's a struggle to fit everything in, especially if we want to take the dog along.
So I'm considering a cargo pod (no - I won't put the dog in there!).
Questions:
1) How do they attach to the airplane? Do the attachment points require welding?
2) Most of our lakes here would not have more than a foot of soft snow over a harder base in late winter/early spring. Will the belly pod drag in the snow?
3) How much time/trouble is it to seasonally remove and re-install?
I'm thinking I would typically carry the lighter units of camping gear, rifles, and perhaps 50 or 60 pounds of frozen food in the pod.
Any recommendations as to make and model of pod would be appreciated.
Larry
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