Jack Morrison Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Waiter Glad to see you going for retracts. They are more work and more maintenance but definately worth the effort. A picture is worth a thousand words. Jack Morrison E Racer 113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 A picture is worth a thousand words.I suppose they are... see this thread for a picture I took of Jack doing a high speed flyby at Rough River 2004. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waiter Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Ah, The Photo, I love it.. Math time. I just sent Jack a check for $1800. I can probably sell the old nose retract on E-Bay for $50. This comes with a boston gear that is clean on one side. Absolutly no gain in speed, and I loose my emergency brake. NET COST $1,800 for one wheel. Infinity Gear, $5,500. I can probably sell my old bow for $700, This brings it back to $4,800, or $2,400 per wheel. Out of this, I get 15 - 20 kts, and "cool factor" that is off the scale. Looking at it on a cost per wheel, I think its very competitive. (Hey, I sold it to my wife like this) Waiter Quote F16 performance on a Piper Cub budget LongEZ, 160hp, MT CS Prop, Downdraft cooling, Full retract visit: www.iflyez.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Morrison Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Waiter All I have to say to that is you must be reeeaaly smoooth. Good luck on the retracts. Jack Morrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Heinonen Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 More of on esthetical opinion here, but I think that the nose gear should be retractable, and the main gear should stay lowered. An airplane which has all gear retracted kinda looks too soulless and empty for me. An alternately solution would be also that the nose gear would still completely retract inside the fuselage, and the main/rear gear would move to an more aerodynamic angle, perhaps preferring the movement to the rear of the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Morrison Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 The only complete aerodynamic position for all the gear is in the fully retracted position. Less drag, more speed, and much much better looking, but thats just my humble opinion. Some people are just never satisfied. Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 One of the factors that should be considered (in my opinion) is where you will do most of your flying. What I mean is that should 90% of your flying be within range of an airport should you have an emergency, I believe fixed gearis a good choice. However if you will be doing alot of flying over water (as I probably will), or away from sufficiently leveled landing sites I feel that retracted gear could significantly reduce your chance of flipping over. In this case its not a speed issue, as a 'keeping your head above water' issue. On a different note, the forum is great and I'm learning alot, keep it up all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairboy Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Wouldn't retractible mains make an off field landing safer? Quote Ben Hallert - http://hallert.net/cozy/ - Chapter 1 - EAA Chapter#31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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