Oh yeah, that was the one the French helped you win!>
>Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:33:16 -0000
> From: "ranger440c5"
>Subject: Re: Help the limey
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> Help the limey? Again? No way, I thought that was fixed over 200yrs
>ago.
I think the axle size and geometry is going to make that a no no. I> Seriously Melvyn, 800X4's sound like Cub stuff. Now, it depends a
>bunch on your axle dimensions. Thoughts: If your axles are like
>dimensions to Cub axles you could buy used servicable Cub expander
>tube style brakes and then you would be in the same boat as most of
>us Fairchild owners and learn the finer points of brake maintenance.
>A lot of Cub folks are bailing out of the expander tubes (for
>whatever reason) and these can be had complete(tires, tubes, wheels,
>brgs,ex tubes, ,etc every thing on the landing gear) for any where
>from $250 -$800. I bought a set for a Super Cruiser complete with a
>spare new tire and tube for $325 inc. shipping. Add a pair of Scott
>masters for $200 ea and there ya are. I think though, that since you
>have such an abundance of power from that Warner that these would be
>very marginal at best. They just BARELY hold back a 100hp o235.
have a drawing here showing how to fit Super Cub wheels and Scott
masters to the Cloudster (dated 1963 so this has been a problem since
I was a kid!) but it is pretty complicated and, as we all know, the
more complication the more can go wrong.
I spoke to Matco last night and managed to get through to George Happ> OR..... The people changing their cubs are going to a Cleveland deal
>(don't know the #'s) so it's obvious they fit and I am pretty sure
>they are on Cubs that have their pants on (that didn't sound right).
>Check with the CubClub folks after you get your axle dimensions down.
>They may not respond to the enemy as this group has so if you need
>the numbers we could see if we could round them up, or somebody else
>here has plowed this ground before.
>Keep us posted on your little Rearwin. EZ
who has been really helpful. He has photos of my wheels now and all
the measurements and is looking into wheels. I think he has found
some 800 x 6 that will work on my axle (the old conversion had an
axle change and that gives all sorts of certification problems here
as I would have to prove the new axle could take the weight etc) AND
we should be able to use the existing wheel pant fixings and since
only the hub is going to be bigger we get fewer problems. It will
even be easier to adjust the tire pressures as the rim will be
further outside the pant at the bottom.
I am probably going to be changing the trim system when I am in there
too. Needless to say the weather here is great because my airplane is
down but that I sort of expected that.
Thanks for your help and I will keep you all posted.
Melvyn
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