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Post by renard80 on Apr 20, 2012 18:47:33 GMT 1
Renard80 - feel free to join in any time. Sorry, I've been busy with other (less important!) matters recently. Apropos my rubber motor cushion - since installation, my Cub has suffered at least four front-end impacts (one of which was when a very experienced pilot was testing her for me . . .  . None of them was at very high speed but there was some damage to the fuselage, prop and tail. My gut feeling is that formerly the firewall would have cracked. As it is, the firewall has remained intact. ;D So far as I am concerned, then, my motor cushion was worth installing. |
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Post by flydiver on Apr 20, 2012 19:36:46 GMT 1
Well, given you prodigious experience in this arena I'm inclined to think the idea may have some merit.
Very experienced pilot crashing your plane?
Have you considered that the plane may be jinxed?
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Post by john66 on Apr 20, 2012 19:54:18 GMT 1
Renard80 - feel free to join in any time. Sorry, I've been busy with other (less important!) matters recently. Apropos my rubber motor cushion - since installation, my Cub has suffered at least four front-end impacts (one of which was when a very experienced pilot was testing her for me . . . . None of them was at very high speed but there was some damage to the fuselage, prop and tail. My gut feeling is that formerly the firewall would have cracked. As it is, the firewall has remained intact. ;D So far as I am concerned, then, my motor cushion was worth installing. Rubber mount for prop n tail it is then! ;D John |
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Post by renard80 on Apr 21, 2012 22:55:36 GMT 1
Very experienced pilot crashing your plane? Have you considered that the plane may be jinxed? Nahh - it's not the plane that's jinxed but our flying field! For some weird reason, inanimate objects (trees, buildings, railings) suddenly come to life and move into the flight path. Really spooky . . . |
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Post by toff on Apr 21, 2012 23:55:08 GMT 1
Mar 21, 2012, 8:46, ginginho wrote:
Mar 20, 2012, 20:17, geoff2474 wrote:....ask for a squirt, you will not be disappointed.
Geoff
This could be taken in totally the wrong way.
Could make an old man very happy!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmm, could also make a very happy man very old!
The be all and end all is damage limitation, and, to be brutally honest, it makes very little difference.. A bit of foam may limit small landing damage ( Prop stike on landing...)
However.... for those that are still learning.....Nose in, and boom!
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Post by renard80 on May 11, 2013 23:33:00 GMT 1
Well, that rubber buffer has now been in place on my firewall for more than a year, and it's still doing the job. I recently suffered one of my worst 'nose-ins' ever, causing a lot of damage. See here: supercubclub.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=crash&thread=5049&page=1Removing the cowl for repairs, I fully expected to discover a cracked firewall. However, I am pleased to report that it was completely undamaged by the impact, presumably due to my rubber buffer. ;D Hope this update is useful to anyone considering such a mod. |
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Post by coupe1942 on Sept 4, 2013 3:56:26 GMT 1
Just a late idea on this older thread, but if you check out Ace Hardware, Lowes or just about any box store with a plumbing department, they usually sell 6" X 6" rubber sheets for maybe a dollar or so, apiece. They come in either red or black rubber. They are easy to cut to form and I believe they are about 1/4" thick. Plastic washers may actually add support, but for cushioning effect, the rubber sheets I mentioned may work well. If anyone tries such, let us know how it worked out. The red sheet is slightly thicker than the black sheet, too.
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