O-1 with new shoes
Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:38 pm
As a test of my new photobucket account, here's a pic of an O-1 on tandem gear taken a couple of years ago. It wasn't too practical on paved surfaces
and the tandems were quickly removed.
Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:15 am
looks like a mutation, like finding a catfish with 9 eyes in a polluted pond!!
Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:19 am
They must have figured if the idea of converting from a pair to multiple wheels worked for the B-36 it should be applied for everything else! Good old US military thinking...
lol...
Robbie
lol...
Robbie
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:36 pm
And found a close-up of the R/H installation...
Re: O-1 with new shoes
Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:59 am
Hal B wrote:It wasn't too practical on paved surfaces
After seeing your closeup photo, it doesn't look like this setup would have been too successful in the mud
either. I can hear the maintenance chief cussing now whilst carving the gumbo goo from the works of
this contraption!
Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:35 pm
Hal B wrote:
And found a close-up of the R/H installation...
Are the two sets of chocks really necessary or is that someone's idea of a joke?
I'm thinking I may have to do one of my little Airfix BirdDog's like this.
Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:32 pm
they should try roller blades 
Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:32 pm
they should try roller blades
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:07 pm
My buddy Eric Presten has a set of the Whitaker Tandem Landing Gear that he uses occasionally on his 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper, and they work pretty good on the grass or a rough strip, but not too good for making tight taxi turns. They were originally designed for the Piper aircraft as Whitaker was a Piper distributor. I wrote a short article on it a few years ago that can still be found online at:
http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*84289668!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/jun8-2006/Jn-70-piper-clipper.html
http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*84289668!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/jun8-2006/Jn-70-piper-clipper.html
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:12 pm
Can't get the abovve link to post correctly, so you may need to copy and paste it in, sorry........
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:44 pm
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Are the two sets of chocks really necessary or is that someone's idea of a joke?
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Just trying to see how silly we could make it look
And regarding Roger's comments about not making tight taxi turns well; well that is probably an understatement. On pavement, the only way we could get the O-1 to change direction was to get a good head of steam up and then steer with the brakes. It was pretty hard on the gear so we pulled 'em off before any flights were ever attempted.
Are the two sets of chocks really necessary or is that someone's idea of a joke?
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Just trying to see how silly we could make it look
And regarding Roger's comments about not making tight taxi turns well; well that is probably an understatement. On pavement, the only way we could get the O-1 to change direction was to get a good head of steam up and then steer with the brakes. It was pretty hard on the gear so we pulled 'em off before any flights were ever attempted.