Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: flight17 on May 15, 2011, 01:37:19 AM
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Well our L-21 (super cub) has finally flown for the first time in two years after ground looping two years ago when returning from an airshow. She was trashed pretty well but she is back and better than before. We were supposed to actually have her done last spring, but the guy who was fixing it, had health problems and it went a year late.
Her she is before the accident.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piper-L-21B-Super/1230385/&sid=11593effa1b780a57b574cf09f0b8c17
her she is now
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/Air%20Heritage/DSC03255.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/Air%20Heritage/DSC03256.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/Air%20Heritage/DSC03267.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/Air%20Heritage/DSC03326.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/Air%20Heritage/DSC03335.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/Air%20Heritage/DSC03414.jpg)
We got the L-21 in the late 80's after it returned from the Italian Army with the Lend Lease program. It was the very first aircraft the museum restored or was even officially founded (that came after the B-17G Nine-0-Nine crash and restoration).
We has a new type of skin applied (to her that is) which will allow her to go even faster than before. She is also painted in a high gloss paint which i think looks better.
Enjoy
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:aok looks like that would be fun to fly!
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Nice :aok
Did you fly it yet?
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Good looking little bird there.
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nope, i probably never will fly it... at least anytime soon.
you have to have 200hrs in tail dragger just to be able to be put on the insurance. Im hoping to take a rid in it though this summer to an airshow maybe.
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nope, i probably never will fly it... at least anytime soon.
you have to have 200hrs in tail dragger just to be able to be put on the insurance. Im hoping to take a rid in it though this summer to an airshow maybe.
But you can fly it with an instructor or 2nd pilot, right?
Officially call your self a "passenger" and fly it.
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But you can fly it with an instructor or 2nd pilot, right?
Officially call your self a "passenger" and fly it.
ya i can and hopefully will soon. Its available to all the members who can fly it and are on the insurance, so hopefully i can get one of them to take me up sometime soon.
I know my ground school professor said that when she lost her medical a few years ago, she still would fly with her husband but he was PIC. She said that if she had logged the time in the back of her log (not as PIC) but just time flown, then for insurance purposes she would have qualified to be able to fly her husbands extra 300 to airshows if she wanted (after she got her medical back). So i would assume the same could be said for me. I can un-officially log it and use it towards the insurance. But still, will take a lot to get 200hrs in it.
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ya i can and hopefully will soon. Its available to all the members who can fly it and are on the insurance, so hopefully i can get one of them to take me up sometime soon.
Have fun :aok
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Congrats on getting her fixed. :aok
I've got a dumb question.
What are the two little wingy looking things between the wheels? :headscratch:
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Congrats on getting her fixed. :aok
I've got a dumb question.
What are the two little wingy looking things between the wheels? :headscratch:
The landing gear uses a bungee cord style spring system rather than shocks, coil or flat steel springs and so on. The "wingy things" are the fairing covers that help keep the bungee cords protected from the elements.
BTW, not a dumb question. No question asked to honestly cure ignorance is "dumb". Ignorance is fully curable by learning, stupidity is often fatal and incurable. Quite different. Keep on asking.
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Pure 'Blue-Plate Special' aviation goodness :)
Looks *great* ..perfect way to spend an afternoon.
-GE aka Frank
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The landing gear uses a bungee cord style spring system rather than shocks, coil or flat steel springs and so on. The "wingy things" are the fairing covers that help keep the bungee cords protected from the elements.
Hey, Maverick. Thanks for the answer. :aok
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:aok
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Sharp looking bird there! Did you guys think about putting tundra tires on it? Or do you not really have a purpose for them?
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Sharp looking bird there! Did you guys think about putting tundra tires on it? Or do you not really have a purpose for them?
no purpose for them. I cant even say when the last time it landed on grass even.
I think the current tires seem a little small on it. I would like to see a little bit bigger tire on it just for pure asthetics though.
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Sharp looking bird there! Did you guys think about putting tundra tires on it? Or do you not really have a purpose for them?
I believe it would take the look away from the skin. NOOOOO on the tundra tires...IMHO
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I believe it would take the look away from the skin. NOOOOO on the tundra tires...IMHO
ya its deffinately a show bird now. Previously its skin was the same skin we got it with from Italy, but i think i like this new paint job better. Sure its not as authentic as before, but its still the same exact camo pattern and Italian markings.