jeffkersey
Well Known Member
My wife named the new plane "Betty Lou", I guess she had the Bob Seger song on the brain.
I have been reading all the posts about RV landing gear issues on non paved strips and was concerned about how it would perform at the field where I wanted to keep it. I am fortunate that my elderly friend who sold his plane and quit flying offered up that I could keep my plane at his place if I bought one. 2 minutes from my house. Steel hangar, 1150 ft flat and useful. In and out from the west. The winds favor north and south in my area of TN...
I have seen some video of RV landing gear looking very sketchy and have read about some of the available mods. Anti-plat etc. I decided to video my gear and see what it looks like an the ground and I am pleasantly surprised. Not sure that I will do any mods. It already had the matco hub.
Here are a couple links to video of the gear on the strip. I love my airplane!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca0FErFGOao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrB2bhTmGxs
I have been reading all the posts about RV landing gear issues on non paved strips and was concerned about how it would perform at the field where I wanted to keep it. I am fortunate that my elderly friend who sold his plane and quit flying offered up that I could keep my plane at his place if I bought one. 2 minutes from my house. Steel hangar, 1150 ft flat and useful. In and out from the west. The winds favor north and south in my area of TN...
I have seen some video of RV landing gear looking very sketchy and have read about some of the available mods. Anti-plat etc. I decided to video my gear and see what it looks like an the ground and I am pleasantly surprised. Not sure that I will do any mods. It already had the matco hub.
Here are a couple links to video of the gear on the strip. I love my airplane!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca0FErFGOao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrB2bhTmGxs