BJFly Posted February 11, 2017 Author Posted February 11, 2017 Nice couple of days flying. First it was out to a mates property to play in the dirt, then off to Murgon for the fly-in Breaky. 2
djpacro Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 Circuits in the Husky with the crosswind at the maximum demonstrated. 2
BJFly Posted March 4, 2017 Author Posted March 4, 2017 The adventures of Tweety and the Courier continue. 2
Soleair Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 Guys,please excuse my ignorance but wing struts attached to the stub axels? How does the suspension work? Sorry, Franco, I've only just noticed your post. As has been said, there is no suspension as such; it's all in the tyres. These are inflated to 8psi. I use the grass strip at my airfield, which is good, but bumpy in places. The lack of suspension does call for a bit of care on landing, but the structure is robust enough to take a fairly hard one, & the tyres allow a bit of give. And at <300kg MAUW with a stall speed of around 30 knots, the energy to be dissipated is fairly modest. It is not easy to make perfect landings, but very satisfying when achieved. And if I wanted something that didn't challenge me, I'd have bought a Cessna 150 - and saved myself money too! But the Max is every bit as much fun to fly as it looks. Bruce 1
Deskpilot Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 Sorry, Franco, I've only just noticed your post. As has been said, there is no suspension as such; it's all in the tyres. These are inflated to 8psi. I use the grass strip at my airfield, which is good, but bumpy in places. The lack of suspension does call for a bit of care on landing, but the structure is robust enough to take a fairly hard one, & the tyres allow a bit of give. And at <300kg MAUW with a stall speed of around 30 knots, the energy to be dissipated is fairly modest. It is not easy to make perfect landings, but very satisfying when achieved. And if I wanted something that didn't challenge me, I'd have bought a Cessna 150 - and saved myself money too! But the Max is every bit as much fun to fly as it looks. Bruce Perhaps, one day, you'll be able to purchase a sprung hub wheel something like this one I designed. 1 1
Soleair Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 Perhaps, one day, you'll be able to purchase a sprung hub wheel something like this one I designed.[ATTACH]48978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]48979[/ATTACH] Cunning plan. I'll have two, please.
SDQDI Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 I first saw that idea here Seems like an awesome idea really. 2
bexrbetter Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 I'll get serious one day about figuring out a bi wheel locking and release mechanism to stop tail spins.
Deskpilot Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 I once saw an advert for something similar but have not been able find it again so they're out there.............somewhere. 1 1
BJFly Posted March 6, 2017 Author Posted March 6, 2017 Not sure if this video link will work, but will try. 1 2
BJFly Posted March 19, 2017 Author Posted March 19, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=iWnZ1CriUns9QtTi&u=/watch%3Fv%3DkvUmIh6Wbg4%26feature%3Dem-share_video_user 1
BJFly Posted April 26, 2017 Author Posted April 26, 2017 Short video of the Courier doing its thing. Afternoon flight - Rans Courier
red750 Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 This popped up on my facebook if anyone is interested.
BJFly Posted May 12, 2017 Author Posted May 12, 2017 Here's a video of the Courier making its way to Bundaberg. Courier visits Bundy and Surrounds 1
BJFly Posted June 6, 2017 Author Posted June 6, 2017 Latest video of the Courier out and about! Flying the Courier 1
BJFly Posted June 26, 2017 Author Posted June 26, 2017 Here's a few pics of Courier exploits over the last couple of weeks. 3
Aero28 Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 I've been thinking about tail draggers and nose wheel aircraft .....and what we are doing is emulating birds, and birds are essentialy taildraggers. I haven't seen any birds with a third leg coming out of their chest. :) I made one to see what it would look like and he doesn't look happy. Taildraggers forever. 2 5
kaz3g Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Hi All,Here's a couple of photo's from a local flight on Saturday. Landed at Secret Spot Number 6. [ATTACH=full]47952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]47953[/ATTACH] Logging coupe I reckon...kaz 1
Marty_d Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 I've been thinking about tail draggers and nose wheel aircraft .....and what we are doing is emulating birds, and birds are essentialy taildraggers. I haven't seen any birds with a third leg coming out of their chest. :) I made one to see what it would look like and he doesn't look happy. Taildraggers forever.[ATTACH=full]50947[/ATTACH] That's because his beak doesn't spin around at 2400 rpm. If it did, he might have evolved a nose leg...
BJFly Posted June 29, 2017 Author Posted June 29, 2017 Some in cockpit footage of the Courier doing some paddock bashing. Paddock Bashing in the Courier 3
BJFly Posted July 18, 2017 Author Posted July 18, 2017 Short video from a couple of days flying last week. 2 Days in the Life Tweety & Courier 1
BJFly Posted July 27, 2017 Author Posted July 27, 2017 Short video of the Courier dropping into local properties. Dropping into Johns & Owens 2
BJFly Posted August 4, 2017 Author Posted August 4, 2017 Latest video, experimented with a new camera angle. Ride along in the Courier 2
BJFly Posted August 13, 2017 Author Posted August 13, 2017 Here's a video of some flying over the weekend. A Weekend flying the Courier
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