Guest clamar floats Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Did you ever dream to fly across Australia? but had these hull/hulls slowing you down? you have a choice rather than drag that extra weight (mind you, right now with all that water??). My old floats were removed in 2hrs, back on wheels and quite a bit lighter. [ATTACH]12975.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]12976.vB[/ATTACH] Regards Clamar Floats
Guest burbles1 Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 I am always unsure how these floats wheels stand up to rough landings. What is the ground clearance on Clamar floats, how robust are the wheels and suspension, and what is the vertical free play (i.e. can you use the floats on grass and paddock strips without damage)?
Ultralights Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 im more interested in the green hangars in the background!
Guest clamar floats Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Hi Burbles 1, ## I operated (still do) off grass, dirt, sand and of cause tarmac strips with my first set of floats for almost 10 years and those (not Clamar's) didn't even have suspension except for the rubber tyres like most cheap floats. This did cause airframe issues down track unfortunately which required constaint reviewing and repairing, hence why I purchased floats "with suspension" and composite for salt water operations, and was the best thing I ever did. ## Ground clearance was never an issue then and now unless of cause the strip has 1 foot pot holes all over it? after 30 years, I reckon that would even effect most land-based planes. ## Not sure what you mean by 'vertical free pay' ## Rough landings, well to be fair, not many undercarriages (except for aircraft carrier type planes) would stand up to too many rough landings, proper training should cover all this for each aircraft in question. Hope this helps? Regards Clamar Floats I am always unsure how these floats wheels stand up to rough landings. What is the ground clearance on Clamar floats, how robust are the wheels and suspension, and what is the vertical free play (i.e. can you use the floats on grass and paddock strips without damage)?
Guest clamar floats Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Hi Ultralights, I had this built in 2001, company who sells them (I suggest you speak direct to save money) are a great bunch who operate from Narrandera in outback NSW, not sure if they have been hit by reckon floods though, hope not but may I suggest you call them: Allshelters (02) 6898 2244 Lot 2 Narrandera St, Lake Cargelligo NSW 2672, Australia If you want security, saddly these aren't the ones to get, unfortunately some councils/airport owners insist on them in which case you have no choice. I had the first door made and it worked really well, it kept the wind/sun & honest thiefs out but one only needed a ball point pen/sharpe object to gain access, no key was required!! [ATTACH]12982.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]12981.vB[/ATTACH] Hope this helps you? Regards Clamar Floats im more interested in the green hangars in the background!
Ultralights Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 cool, thanks for that, do you make/sell floats for a Savannah?
Guest clamar floats Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Hi again Ultralights, No worries, after 30 years I've just about been there, done that so if I can help in anyway, just yell out or try [email protected]. As for floats, yes we do and here is some production shots of the size similar to what you require which is being 'hand' built for a Glassair customer in Oz. [ATTACH]12985.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]12984.vB[/ATTACH] Regards Clamar Floats www.clamarfloats.com (Australian site launching soon) cool, thanks for that, do you make/sell floats for a Savannah?
Guest burbles1 Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 What I mean by vertical free play is the distance the wheels travel up and down from fully extended (i.e. no load) to fully compressed (full load). I'm after actual figures instead of "not an issue". Ta.
Guest clamar floats Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Burbles 1, Now that's a good question which I'll have to ask the factory because honestly the latter has so many variables like - how much weight, landing and taxi speed, type of landing and of cause conditions on the day not to mention landing strip. Fully loaded on my old Rans S7 had 4 inches clearence when compressed from ground to hulls on the point closest to the ground. I guess the best thing for me to supply you is max/min everything, because anything in-between just depends on way too many things ok. When I said 'not an issue' I meant it was never an issue for me and the way I operate and end of the day it must be within the limitations of the pilot, aircraft manufacture & of cause our regulators. Provided these are followed correctly most well known floats I've used are fine especially ours. :thumb_up: In all the floating hulls and amphib floatplanes I've operated over 15 years (which have been a few now) I've never had an issue. You can get some good video's downloaded for the retract system on our web site, www.clamarfloats.com too alright, however lacks figures that you want, rest assured I'll get them for you. Regards Clamar Floats [email protected] What I mean by vertical free play is the distance the wheels travel up and down from fully extended (i.e. no load) to fully compressed (full load). I'm after actual figures instead of "not an issue".Ta.
Guest clamar floats Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 If you require additional information, please email [email protected] or visit www.clamarfloats.com
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