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CH750 Ski Flying 2013
There is 3 ft of snow under my CH750 on wheel penetration skis. The skis sink 8 inches in the fresh snow... I sink to my knees on snow shoes. (I need to lose weight or get bigger snow shoes ;>)
The calculated flotation of the wheel penetration skis is 0.5 psi. Take-off is faster without using flaps. Flaps tend to force the nose down.... you want to lift the nose with power (rpm) and up elevator pressure. Once the nose ski lifts the CH750 accellerates and lifts off quickly.
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Comment by Bob McDonald on January 6, 2013 at 7:16am
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Kevin there is a reason I hide out in Pheonix Az. for a couple weeks in February. Yesterday we had a "gaggle" of aircraft flying skis...CH750, 3 Quad City Challengers and a Citabria 7ECA. The Stinson 108 was busy installing skis, and there is usually another hallenger & ASAP Chinook that join us for the day. Landing in fields and farm strips is good (deep snow) but the lake ice is only 6 inches with the heavy snow causing slush or over-flow conditions.
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Comment by Kevin Collins on January 6, 2013 at 1:38am
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Oh damn that looks cold Bob, yesterday (saturday) we had 37 deg c by 11am. It got so hot i burned my hands picking up tools that had been left in the sun while i was refitting the engine to JRT. finished up this morning and drove it down the road to the airfield and hanger,test flight first suitable day this week.cheers Colly
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Comment by RANDY L HALLOCK on January 6, 2013 at 12:44am
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Wow! what a rush that would be. I would like the landings. Maybe some day. Have fun Bob.
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Shafid can I interest you in a trade...my snow for your beach sand????
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Comment by Shafid Khan on January 5, 2013 at 6:23pm
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Wow Bob, what a difference from here in New Zealand. If you lift your feet off the floor when taking off, you make the plane lighter. Excellent photo.
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