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GARY HILTON
 Post subject: Re: Howard 250
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Wow! That's cool! Guess I learned something today!
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Taigh Ramey wrote:
If I am not mistaken the 250's were manufactured from the Loadstar airframes and uses Pratt & Whitney R-1830's.



The Howard 250's were Wright 1820's. -56 if I remember correctly.


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I knew that looked like brakes on one of 'em, does anyone know if it was independent from the mains?


There was no separate control for the nose wheel brake. I don't even remember it being there. The nose wheel steering was a little different as it was controlled by a lever on the lower front panel pilots side. Just one of the things unique to the Tri-Gear to get used to.
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Taigh Ramey wrote:
It looks just like a Goodyear brake from a Beech 18 to me

T-28 had Goodyear disc brakes as well with 3 puck calipers.
I want to say the nose gear was from the A-26. Wonder if someone has the STC data for the change.

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How does that nose and change to tricycle change the flying and handling compared to the unmodified. ?

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i don't care, I want one :D That thing looks like it's doing Mach 10 standing still!

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ya know... pop2 I think I saw a fuselage of one of this airframe type in a junk yard in Alabama....I have been wracking my simple mind to recall eggzackley where it was. it was years ago; :axe: I know in was between Montgoooomery and Mobile Somewhere south of Evergreen....sound like a road trip

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Cherrybomber13 wrote:
How does that nose and change to tricycle change the flying and handling compared to the unmodified. ?


Once airborne it preformed the same as the other H250's. On the ramp it got a lot more attention.
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I bet it was a little harder to groundloop. :)
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A shame the one with the infamous picture doing a cartwheel in Midland didn't have the trainer wheel!
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A shame the one with the infamous picture doing a cartwheel in Midland didn't have the trainer wheel!
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For Ober, I think the Howard at SAT was sacrificed in a fire training excercise prob in the early/ mid 90's. My wife and me were invited to watch. I have pics somewhere. I don't know the N number.
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