Re: Airglas for the MXT
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:23 am
Thats very thoughtful and I appreciate it but I think I will keep it stock for now. I don't find myself going places I'd need it and my plane is slow enough as it is and I suspect the mod would cost me at least 5 knots.
Flybrian1950 wrote:Wup, thanks for the clarification, and all your work in the past helping get bigger tires approved for all our planes.
Mountain Doctor, If you want to give the 8:00-6 on the nose and 8:00-6 on the mains a try, I will supply the Piper style airglas fork Wup says will fit.
(if you decide to keep the installation after approval, then replace the fork, if it doesn't get approved, simply return the fork).
With a copy of the field approvals from Wup on the mains and the airglas data for the 172/182/206, and the FAA bush wheel letter protocol, maybe it is possible.
With 8:00 on the mains, my thought is the stock Maule single puck brakes should be adequate, and avoids the expense of bigger brakes for this effort.
I thought I saw a drawing that 8:50-6's need double pucks for tw maules.
This airglas fork is only approved for 8:00 on the nose of the cherokee six, however the Cessna version now allows a smaller nose wheel size than the mains, so a 8:00 nose and 8:50 mains may be workable for some one with the bigger brakes on their MXT.
I'm thinking a 8:00-6 approach would make a better soft field airplane at a reasonable price. Hopefully a field approval will surface for the 7:00-6 we have all heard about.
An outfit in Idaho called Hitchcock Aviation seems to be knowledgeable on this topic in regards to the Cessna HD Gear upgrades for the 172/182/206.