Lazair II

[uscgairdale]

Here's a view of the inside......

Dave

[uscgairdale]

The installation for the new wheels and brakes is now complete. So far, so good.

Dave

[uscgairdale]

Another pic just after some taxi tests. Note the additional bracing for better support of the caliper assembly.

Dave

[JPXman]

drool

[yankeflyer]

Are the pictures of the same wheel? It looks like different caliper mounts/brackets,did you have to buy the front and rear caliper package?

I ment to bring this up when the next brake job came up but your already done.

Anyway I was going to suggest that the next person try buying two front caliper's or two rear caliper's and maybe that would make fabricating a mounting bracket for the caliper a little easier.

OK . I see that they are a picture of each side - good work.

[Shannon]

Looks great. Do you have the part numbers for the rims/tires, rotors, and calipers ? Also what if any modifications to the axle (or other things) are needed for the conversion ? How well do the brakes grab in wet grass... or is that yet to be tested ?

[uscgairdale]

All great questions, Shannon. I'll go ahead and start a thread just for this mod.

Dave

[uscgairdale]

Flight testing is going great on B034 and it now has 8 hours logged in the air.....power off stalls, pattern work in some healthy crosswinds, and even a few single engine landings. There are still a few minor items to tweak, but I am very satisfied with the plane. My wheel and mountain bike brake system is working out very nicely so far too.

However, I am considering putting it up for sale! I have my eye on another project that I want to get started on soon so I'll have to part with my baby. I will of course always be involved with Lazairs.....my brother's series III and I may even get one from a local EAA member.

Dave
B034 (N34LZ)

[uscgairdale]

Here's some more footage of my Lazair.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx0oWsU3-Jk

Dave

[uscgairdale]

My struts are now streamlined with platic fairings.

Dave