Dual wheels Art Whitaker
- Thread starter Fatchanceair
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mike mcs repair
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chugiak AK
stepfather said you get to hit each bump TWICE...
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
If the tires are shot you looking at over $1600 for four 800x4 tires and tubes
Glenn
Fatchanceair
Registered User
No tires, just the 2 assemblies.
PIPER J5.5
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corvallis,or
Pictures please
Fatchanceair
Registered User
If I could figure out how to post a picture I would have. Give me number I can text pics to.
Dave Calkins
Registered User
Anchorage, Alaska
articfox
Registered User
Palmer Alaska
We used to use them on the Dakota Plains. They worked great. The main thing they worked great for is cactus. You go through alot "West River." My Uncles still has a set for the Cub and one for the Cessna. If a tire goes flat at least you can fix it up to run on the good tire.
Fatchanceair
Registered User
Back in early 80"s when I was learning to fly on Cape Cod you'd see planes that had them. They would land on sand bars at low tide. I'm sure tundra tires have taken their place. I picked them up for future use. Nice to switch stuff around. May never use them, but ......
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cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
That's who they got them from. Did he sell enough to get his Bucker?
And his floats are amphibs too
Glenn
Yeah, I have copies of his Field Approval for the floats, trying to pressure my FAA guy to sign a Field Approval for my PA-16 for them as well. Don't know if I would ever build a set but it would be kool to have them. Murphey 1800 amphibious float kit. I think he did get a Bucker, I've seen pictures of him with one in the hangar.
And the verdict on them is......?
Greg Harvey
SPONSOR
31 inch bush wheels are now 3000 each
If I replaced 4 that would be 12,000 for a set of tires without rims..?
If I replaced 4 that would be 12,000 for a set of tires without rims..?
kase
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Billings MT
Too heavy and too much drag for a 90 cub.
Captain Ron
PATRON
Les Cedres, QC, Canada
That's cool! Could I trouble you for more pictures of the installation, closer-up and from both sides?
Cheers,
Jeff
I knew someone who put them on her J3. I had been thinking about trying to find a set for my L-21A. When I went to the Cub Fly-in at Lompoc that year and was standing on the ramp, lo and behold a J3 flew overhead with Whitaker gear on it! When I asked the owner, Rowena Mason, she said they made it a bitch to turn on the ground. I never found a set to try out myself.
kase
SPONSOR
Billings MT
I put around 15 hours on the gear this week. Turns just a little bit better than skis on the ground. Track very straight though. Ride is worst than my 850x6 4 ply tires. To heavy and to much drag. Density altitude has been around 5500 everyday. Feels like your towing a glider. Was fun to experiment with. Might put them on my 160hp cub.
