spinner2
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Montana
Rather than hijack the no-chains thread, I started this one. Courierguy made this comment that prompted this: “I could be fooling myself, wishful thinking, but I think having a steerable tw when on skis lets me make a tighter turn around, when I goose it with stick back and full rudder.”
I’d like to hear what others have to say on turning tight on the ground. My experience with both straight board skis and Airglas LW2500s is that I can make my tightest turn when I put in full left rudder, gas it and put in some forward stick to lighten the tail. Depending on the conditions it’ll swish around pretty darn quick like this. Especially with the board skis.
This picture is from this winter on the LW2500s and shows somewhat how the turn went. There is a lot of snow here, probably 6’ or so but there’s a hard crust where the sun had worked on it.
This is my tail wheel setup. No ski needed on the crust but I like it when there’s a lot of powder. And a steerable tail wheel is a must on skis.
I’d like to hear what others have to say on turning tight on the ground. My experience with both straight board skis and Airglas LW2500s is that I can make my tightest turn when I put in full left rudder, gas it and put in some forward stick to lighten the tail. Depending on the conditions it’ll swish around pretty darn quick like this. Especially with the board skis.
This picture is from this winter on the LW2500s and shows somewhat how the turn went. There is a lot of snow here, probably 6’ or so but there’s a hard crust where the sun had worked on it.
This is my tail wheel setup. No ski needed on the crust but I like it when there’s a lot of powder. And a steerable tail wheel is a must on skis.