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WTF? Crazy crawler treads on a 150

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Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:28 pm

WTF? Crazy crawler treads on a 150

One of the new photos posted shows a 150 with treads. As an old cat skinner, I couldn't help but think they were neat as hell. Can someone tell me more about them? Looks like they would work in very soft fields, snow (hard packed), and grass strips like a champ. What do they weigh, how much do they cost, and how does the drag compare to naked tires?

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Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:54 pm

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Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:43 pm

Re: WTF? Crazy crawler treads on a 150

Saw a picture of one under a tent with at Mattracks sign next to it. I went to the Mattracks.com website. They have similar tracks but I didn't see anything about them for aircraft.

Looks kinda cool but do they work and how much do they weigh?
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Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:59 pm

This appears to be them, if not, the pictures look almost identical with the exception of the yellow powder coat.

No information as to weight or cost, I can't imagine they'd be better than some bush wheels.

http://www.litefootatv.com/html/litefoot_trail-r-mates.htm
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:50 am

I saw that at Oshkosh a few years ago. It was at the track store as a DRAW people in devise. It worked very good. They also had them on a ford F250, and ATV's etc.
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:32 am

Ain't PhotoShop wonderful? :lol:
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:09 pm

No Photoshop on that one Rocky, this was before I had the program :D

I think they actually flew this airplane if I remember rightly. Talk to the Mattracks guys about it.

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Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:45 pm

Is it just me or do you guy's think the rolling resistance might be just a little high?
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:10 pm

a64pilot wrote:Is it just me or do you guy's think the rolling resistance might be just a little high?


Rolling resistance! How about aerodynamic drag? Could that thing get over 80 Kts? IMHO just ridiculous unless you actually WANT to land on muskeg!
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:34 pm

RockyTFS wrote:
a64pilot wrote:Is it just me or do you guy's think the rolling resistance might be just a little high?


How about aerodynamic drag? Could that thing get over 80 Kts? IMHO just ridiculous unless you actually WANT to land on muskeg!
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Rocky


They may not be that bad, Karman Vortex Street is what causes my gear to flutter with the 29" tires

It also causes a lot of drag on a shape you may think is aerodynamic

These wouldn't have that so drag could be way less than you think
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:11 am

Not saying it couldn't T/O, but I would like to see what it did to the T/O roll.
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Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:16 am

Tracked gear was tried before WWII.... and it didn't work that great then either. Somewhere, I've seen a few pics of a Fairchild C82 (or maybe it was a 119??) with tracks and a JATO system.
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