Hi all,
At some point I found a thread on this site about a Maule that had fixed leading edge slats and Porter like landing gear. Now I can't find it. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Please help.
Thanks
Speedy

Speedy,

Is this the one?

http://www.supercub.org/phpbb2/viewtopi ... ht=franken

Ben

Now that's impressive, That would be something worth seeing.

I have some Video of Jeff's Maule I will try to post....

http://www.supercub.org/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&page=2&ppuser=1360

All the videos are here. Very impressive!

That's some interesting adventures for sure.

Wonder how tough it was converting the plane from yokes to sticks?


See ya, Bub

The landing gear looks real odd. I wouldn't want to get to much side load on those hydroplaning onto the bar

Skylane wrote:That's some interesting adventures for sure.

Wonder how tough it was converting the plane from yokes to sticks?


See ya, Bub

It's been done a couple of times in a Maule, usually the owner finds that it dosen't work as well as they hoped in a side by side seating arrangement. I'm almost positive an STC was being pursued, wonder what happened? I wonder why the flaphandle was put overhead?

This airplane has an amazing amount of R&D and is nicely done, I just can't help but wonder why a person would look to a "single A arm" suspension system as the basis for "long travel". All that wheel camber would disappear with a top arm. And I'm wondering if in fact the strut / shock, could not be used as the top arm. of course the axel would have to be spindle mounted (weight). Maybe a graphite or billet, king / link pin arrangement?
Again, not knocking the airplane or builder by any means, just wondering if the thought occured to him or not. I consider it regularly as I live in an area teeming with off road vehicles...I know this conversation was hashed out at the Scub.org site... but I think the thread originator ditched the "long travel" concept in favor of the"light weight" concept, hence the Carbon cub.
One more thought on the Porter, I don't think this arrangement on the Porter was primarily done for "travel" although it certainly provides more than a conventional set up, as much as it was designed for strength / reliability over a given weight, but that is purely speculation...
Speedy, glad to see you posting again! you must be getting the bug. I will do my best to instigste

Overhead flap handle idea has a positive in that the cable does not have to run under the floor, up behind the cabin which fouls the extended baggage entry, and then forward again.
However in the case of an accident it would make a mess of your head.
I think it is easier and shorter to go from throttle to flap handle quickly and precisely in the lower position.
Jeremy