I actually prefer to keep the wheels on the ground (clean side up, dirty side down, and keep it between the lines). I know that is not as adventuresome, but it makes a shorter distance to fall. I have heard that the height of the fall is not important - the important thing is the sudden stop at the end. One does not acquire a lot of potential energy when less than 6 feet from the ground (compared to 600 feet or more).
73, Don W3FPR On 3/2/2011 10:45 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: > I may be an old stick in the mud but I prefer to keep the wheels pointed down > and the oil on the belly rather than the canopy. > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > > > > > ________________________________ > From: stan levandowski<sjl...@optonline.net> > To: l...@k0tv.com > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; plcm...@gmail.com > Sent: Wed, March 2, 2011 9:26:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride > > This might be terribly obvious (hopefully!) but....a trailing wire with > a weight at the end going 100+ knots IAS is going to put quite on strain > on the K2 BNC connector ;) Might want to plan for that. > > I've been a ham 51 years and a pilot for 37. Never felt comfortable > mixing the two activities. Preferred to monitor the steady drone of the > engine and case the scrolling terrain for a flat, clear piece of real > estate in case of sudden silence. Stuff happens. > > Regarding Citabrias - yup, they're fun. CAP10Bs were even funner. And > you could fly inverted all day long and come home with an oil-free > belly. > > 73, > > > Stan Levandowski WB2LQF > HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years! > QCWA #35038 OOTC #4558 NAQCC #4740 SKCC #6488 FISTS #14992 QRP > ARCI #14321 > > > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Jerry Muller wrote: > >> Ah, tailwheel. I did my first tailwheel training in a 7KCAB. Fun >> airplane. Get tired of flying right side up, turn it over and fly it >> upside down, but not over 2 minutes (I was taught not to fly inverted >> more than 1 minute and keep your eye on the oil pressure). >> >> Oh well, I digress. One important thing is if you are going to get >> power from the cig lighter plug, make sure it's not a 28 volt airplane >> like my 182 was. That can trash a radio right quick. >> >> Many transatlantic light plane flights used a trailing wire antenna >> run out the door through an insulating tube with a tennis ball on the >> end of the wire. They roll it out when they're in the air and roll it >> back in before landing. With the tennis ball on the end, it keeps the >> wire straight and out of the flight controls. >> >> Jerry - K0TV/CFII exp 8/2011 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES ROGERS" >> <w4...@bellsouth.net> >> To: "Mark Bayern"<plcm...@gmail.com> >> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector"<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:30 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride >> >> >>> No harder than towing a banner. And that was like shooting fish in a >>> barrel with my Citabria. I can tell a lot of you have never flown off >>> of a duster strip. :-)) Oh for the good old days...... >>> >>> 73s Jim >>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Mark Bayern wrote: >>> >>>>> A simple trailing wire is all you need >>>> A trailing wire should exit the plane _behind_ the rudder and >>>> elevators which is not an easy feat to accomplish. Then you should >>>> get >>>> approval for the installation -- once again not all that easy. >>>> >>>> A simple trailing wire might not be all that simple >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, JAMES ROGERS<w4...@bellsouth.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> A simple trailing wire is all you need if your K2 has the built in >>>>> antenna tuner. It is best if you can trail the wire from the rear >>>>> most point on the plane. You do not want to interfere with the >>>>> controls. >>>>> This was the standard aircraft antenna back in the days before VHF. >>>>> >>>>> Jim, W4ATk >>>>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Patrick DalPorto wrote: >>>>> >>> JIM ROGERS, W4ATK >>> w4...@bellsouth.net >>> http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk >>> K3/100 P3 >>> K2/10 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
