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Offline Tim Wescott

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Nice trike stooge
« on: May 04, 2013, 03:20:25 PM »
The picture is crappy, but here's a tailwheel stooge that my flying buddy showed up with at the field today.

It started out as a lid from a compartment on a boat that Steve Helmick (I think) mounted a regular stooge onto, then gave to Tom.

Tom started flying his 1/2-A Shark, which has a tailwheel trike gear.  So he whacked a section out of the stooge, hinged it, padded it, and voilą!  A stooge.

You could do the same thing with a thick cutting board, I think.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2013, 11:33:09 AM by Tim Wescott »
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Re: Nice trike stooge
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2013, 06:16:03 AM »
Yep, many ways of doing things.
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Re: Nice trike stooge
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2013, 11:30:15 AM »
Umm, actually the Half-a-Shark has trike gear.....  Also, the arm is spring loaded.
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Re: Nice trike stooge
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2013, 11:34:58 AM »
Umm, actually the Half-a-Shark has trike gear.....  Also, the arm is spring loaded.
I edited my post.  I actually had "tailwheel" in the title originally.  I had "trike gear" and "tailwheel" swapped in my brain.  Too much sun yesterday.
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