motoadve wrote:G44 wrote:MotoDave,
Im not excited at all. And no, I did not buy the product. The device does indeed look like a good product for hard surface skin protection. Kudos to the guys making the product for their effort! This product protecting in the rocks is a stretch, the fact that your airplane did not suffer any surface damage is lucky in my opinion, if you keep doing it I can assure you that you will suffer damage back there. As to weight, I was just referring to what you said or listed in the video, I have no idea what it weighs. Im still trying to figure out the "lift enhancing feature". With this device any tail impact on the ground will still have potential bulkhead damage or over time cracking issues, no way around that unless there is some sort of impact absorbing device back there, such as a tailwheel. So, as calmly and as non excited as I can say it, intentionally dragging your tail thru the rocks with this device on or not and expecting no damage at some point in time is wishful thinking.
Kurt
PS, I think your video making skills are superb, you fly your airplane very well.
Thanks Kurt , I did the dragging of the tail on the gravel bar on purpose once , that does not mean it will be a new landing or take off technique , because eventually yes tail section will definitely get damaged.
As I have done always I will continue to avoid having the tail contact the surface.
Keep a close eye on that tailbone bulkhead.
