I needed to get a bundle of 10' long PVC conduit out to a remote area about 100 miles away. I figured if I could fit it into my 14' long 600 dollar car, I could surely carry it in my 45K 23' long airplane. All it took was a cutting a hole in my aft baggage compartment's plywood rear wall, which will be covered by a swiveling aluminum cover plate. After sliding the bundle into place, it was an easy matter to secure it to the aft fuselage members and in the cockpit. Special care was taken to ensure the bundle was as one, I didn't want any possible interference with my elevator push rod bellcrank.....

A few days later, due to this long stretch of bad weather and the immediate need for the conduit on the job site, I had to unpack the plane and put it all back in the 600 dollar car, so it was all for naught, but there will always be a next time, and now I am set up for it. Yet another excuse to own an airplane

Cool Tom - my last S7 baggage bay rear wall was hinged halfway down for long stuff. Usually fishing poles, not pipes. Handy for long stuff!

BTW, how much for the lamp ?

Here is how Don Shelden did it in a super cub with lumber.

patrol guy wrote:Here is how Don Shelden did it in a super cub with lumber.

that guy was such a stud.

Blu wrote:

patrol guy wrote:Here is how Don Shelden did it in a super cub with lumber.

that guy was such a stud.

Hahahaha!

Wow those would become some serious missiles to the back of the head if you ever hit anything solid

AvidFlyer wrote:Wow those would become some serious missiles to the back of the head if you ever hit anything solid

They were secured REAL good, if I hit something hard enough to dislodge them, I'd have other problems. Driving there on a busy 70 mph + 2 lane undivided road was MUCH more dangerous!

courierguy wrote:

AvidFlyer wrote:Wow those would become some serious missiles to the back of the head if you ever hit anything solid

They were secured REAL good, if I hit something hard enough to dislodge them, I'd have other problems. Driving there on a busy 70 mph + 2 lane undivided road was MUCH more dangerous!

LOL I bet!! I just drove home from Cali and my route takes me all the way North from Winnemuca to Grangeville on Hwy 95. Up near New Meadows I said to my wife..isn't nice to just drive with no traffic or stop lights... I grew up in Idaho and after 5 years here in California I'm still just pissed off at the world everytime I get out of my truck after driving on the freeway. The other day it took me 35 minutes to get the 6 miles from my house to work. Here I go again whining about driving.. I need to go flying!!!

patrol guy wrote:Here is how Don Shelden did it in a super cub with lumber.

Patrol Guy:

That is a great picture.

I am a big Sheldon fan.

For those of you who haven't had the opportunity, "Wager With the Wind", a Sheldon Bio, is a great read and should be on every pilot's shelf (I think they may have made a movie of the book, but I don't know the details or who was in it).

My favorite Sheldon story was the one where he landed the Aeronca Sedan (I think it was a Sedan) on a river to rescue some stranded rafters. They were in the middle of a river on a small island and he couldn't land close to them because the water was too rough. So he landed upstream of them, and while keeping the airplane pointed upstream, floated backwards downstream through the chop and whitewater (note: the river had overturned the raft and was high and swift). He controlled his speed with the throttle. Then one by one, he picked them up and then continued on downstream to a spot that was smooth enough for takeoff. He repeated the procedure over and over until he got them all.

Quite a guy indeed!!

Thanks for the picture, Larry

Internal Load..??

Can't beat a Beaver....

That big door would have got me in trouble in the old days....

So you cut an extra big hole in the side of the Beaver (loss of structural integrity-therefore strength-I know-compensated for, but....) to help you put an extra big LOAD in it? and send it to the 'Great North country' for extended abuse (time & #s)......?

Littlecub,

"That" Beaver has been flying with "that" door for over "30 years" in Alaska on floats. It also has the GW increase and all the STOL wing mods. That picture was taken as it was loaded up going back to Alaska after a complete tear down and restoration to be put back on its refurbished and repainted floats to spend another 30 + years taking all mater of clients out to their various fishing destinations.

Brian.

WOW! Must have great structural compensation! I am very impressed.
LC

You are looking at a Beaver with the "Alaska Door" which is an optional part of the Sealand Aviation cabin extension kit. These modifications have only been on the market since the mid 1990's and have become popular with Canadian operators of the DHC-2. Even with the CG being adjusted on these airframes, I know of plenty of bold pilots that would have dunked the spreader bar anyways.

Do you think the paddles would still get cable marks?

DonC wrote:That big door would have got me in trouble in the old days....

Well, on floats there is an obvious indicator of both Wt. & Bal.- which would 'help' keep an aggressive loader realistic.
On wheels.......???
Mid 90s, huh?

LC
(hobby flier)

NOT sayn' I got answers,
Sayn' I got questions.......
(but, occasionally an opinion )

[quote="Brian - Steve's Aircraft"]Internal Load..??

Can't beat a Beaver....
That is a great shot, what a huge load of gear! BUT, I don't see any conduit in there And, I had to land on a one lane dirt road with 150' at most between curves, at 6,000'. Could a Beaver do that? I WANT ONE, just scaled down a tad, especially with that extra door.

OK I will admit that I am not a Beaver Expert. I was not aware that the "Alaska Door" has only been around since the 90's. All I know is that particular Beaver had been on floats for the past 30 years and came down to my local area to get restored and then flown back and it had the door when it arrived. So I just assumed that it had always been there. Not to rub it in, but I got a ride in it this past weekend during the Airmen's show in Anchorage...

This one also has the leading edge STOL mod that has the new wing fittings that changes the angle of the wing. Great flying airplane.

Brian.

OK, Brian, I'm droolin'.
Two wishes:
1. Beavers were still being made.
2. My 'net worth' could take the hit.

My mom used to tell me, "If wishes were horses, the beggars would ride...."
Sorta applies here......
LC