Skis

[Ricardo]

Guys,

This is my first season flying with skis... So far it has been great fun.

Beginning with the construction... I will post photos of two concepts I worked with..

[Eladio]

You flu your Scape really nice Ricardo !! You were having fun !! :)
What size gas engine was it again ?

[Ricardo]

This is the first concept: Springs attached to the Main Landing Gear Legs.

[Ricardo]

The second concept has one advantage: It is more compact, and is self-contained. It can be installed simply removing the wheels. The drawback is that the collars are more fragile, and so is the screw. I've had to change once due to bumps on the ice. I also had to reinforce the wood with a couple of layers of fiberglass with epoxy.

[Eladio]

Very nice !! want to see them in action !! :)

[Burning Head]

nice work:cool:

[Ricardo]

Eladio,

The Escapade is running on the Saito Gas 20CC. This engine gave me a lot of trouble, but I changed the Saito Ignition by a CH, and the Saito Carb by a Zama.

So far, so good.

The other smaller plane (I do not even know the name) was sitting around a friends house and I got it for free. It is flying with a Saito 0.56 Glow.

How do you guys post videos? The site is rejecting because of size....

[Burning Head]

Did you pass by You tube:confused:

[Sempai-mj]

Eladio,

The Escapade is running on the Saito Gas 20CC. This engine gave me a lot of trouble, but I changed the Saito Ignition by a CH, and the Saito Carb by a Zama.

So far, so good.

The other smaller plane (I do not even know the name) was sitting around a friends house and I got it for free. It is flying with a Saito 0.56 Glow.

How do you guys post videos? The site is rejecting because of size....

Create an account on youtube, upload, then paste the link in a post.

[Ricardo]

Guess my brain cells froze after this weekend....
Link to Youtube.. Thats exactly what I have done in the past...

[Burning Head]

Remember too...down loading a 5 min clip could take to 45min to be done:)

[Kevin Rochon]

As usual great workmanship Ricardo