One has to wonder, if "most of the airbikes" had no problems, what makes this one different? There was lots of them flying, so something worked.... Perhaps the "gear change" should go with what it was designed to be, if this gear was not built to plans. (sounds like they didn't know) We always learn.. cheers!
Designing and building a light airplane and releasing drawings so that others can too is a bucket list item for me but this sort of thing freaks me out. Some guy goes and makes a bunch of changes or just builds something that looks vaguely alike, posts a big failure online, and suddenly “Them Airbikes ain’t got good gear” is likely going to be said until the end of time.Look carefully at the airframe: while it closely resembles an AirBike, it isn't an exact copy.
There are X number of Airbikes flying, with and without fabric on the tailcone.
There are Y number of Legal Eagles flying, with and without fabric on the tailcone.
What is the incidence of poor ground handling on any/all of those airplanes? I'd actually like to know because I have a Legal Eagle that I haven't flown yet.
Careful, VB: you may not go back to your 172!![]()
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