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Dana
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: Connecticut, USA
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 Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: UltraStar baggage |
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This is doubtless one for John Hauck who's done some traveling in his US,
but anybody else, too... For Kolbs without cockpit enclosures (i.e.
UltraStar) or other ultralights, how to carry stuff? By "stuff" I mean
camping gear (sleeping bag, bivy sack, thermarest, and breakfast),
tiedowns, etc. There are some nice looking cargo pods at
<http://uflyit.com/cargo_pods.htm>, but they don't look like they hold much
and the hatch is pretty small; about 3000 in³ should do it. One thought I
had was to install a new fuel tank over the engine, and put a box where the
original fuel tanks are... or, I could just build the cargo box above the
engine. Or I could just lash my hiking backpack under the seat, but any
spilled fuel will land there.
I know some Quicksilver guys just unzip the sails and put soft stuff inside
the wings, but we don't have zippers...
-Dana
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The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: UltraStar baggage |
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> This is doubtless one for John Hauck who's done some traveling in his US,
| Quote: | but anybody else, too...
-Dana
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Dana:
I did some cross country flights, 500 and 600 miles round trip, but those
flights were did not include camping. I cheated and stayed with Brother Jim
in Woodville, FL.
Didn't do my first self supported, sleep under the wing cross country until
October 1987.
On my flights in the US, I carried a small rucksack for clothes and stuff.
Bought a bungee cord type cargo net with hooks. Hooked it under the seat.
Worked great.
At the end of my US's life, I had a 6 gal tank under my knees, and a 1.75
gal go kart tank over the engine. That was a lot of fuel for a 35 hp
Cuyuna.
My initial cross country flights in the Firestar, I was able to get all my
camping stuff and clothes inside, except my sleeping bag. We welded some
tabs on the bottom of the fuselage just behind the main gear, used the same
bungee cargo net to secure my sleeping bag.
The next year we completely reconfigured the FS, 18 gal aluminum tank, cargo
area under it. I could get all my stuff inside the airplane now.
john h
mkIII
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