Advise, Cracked Wheel Pants at Canard

Who was the builder? Just curious.

Bernard Peters Built the Airplane 2PQ and the Canard was changed over by Ralph Hook. He also modified the Wheels to be 4 inches taller so that it could get off hot runways in the High Deserts. Being a taller person, the extra height doesn't effect me, however the airplane could be a doozy to climb into by someone shorter.

I never heard of adding height to the wheel pants to help it get off the runway better. Hmmm.

I made some extensive changes to my wheel pants a few years back. You can read about it here. Start at the bottom of the page and work your way up. samhoskins.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html

Good luck.

Sam

Yea. They found running off hot runways that the temperature close to the runway could be as much as 60 degrees above ambient, adding the extra height to the airfoil reduced its takeoff roll on hot asphalt. I personally can't testify to this working. But the Guy who did it said it worked like a charm. Since I don't have a Before and after analysis I don't think I will ever know.