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Comment by Perry Delano on May 22, 2021 at 11:38am

Bob,

Hope you are doing well. Are the skis a new iteration of the originals?

Perry

Comment by Bob McDonald on December 9, 2013 at 5:52pm

The front ski is a simple fixed "wheel penetration" ski. The tire is always 1 1/2 inches below the UHMW plastic ski bottom. The main skis use a electric hydraulic pump to extend the sliding plate under the wheel or retract to allow the main tire to contact pavement. Electric hydraulic pump / tank is the same used by Zenair for the amphibian floats. Weight is 5 lbs. for the pump.

Comment by Jesse Hartman on December 9, 2013 at 4:13pm

No retract on front?  How do you steer on paved taxiway?

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