With regrets, I'm new to the net. All I've seen and heard about is HB-YIB
and now the Berube Installation.
SS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks" <nhb@netspace.net.au>
Subject: Re: Berube Gear Comments
> Dear All,
> I may be mistaken, but I thought that G-RICS has been flying for dome
> time, and my memory of its picture in the Europa Club mag is that it is
> a conventional taildragger. Maybe someone in UK could post a picture of
> it for camparison?
> Nigel H-B #423, Melbourne Australia.
>
> Shaun Simpkins wrote:
>
> > Ed and Sue asked me to post my impressions of theBerube gear to the
> > web. The installation looks very clean and quite simple. As compared
> > to, say, an RV, the plane appears more squat.Of course, so does the
> > monowheel. The closest other design in appearance I can think of is
> > the Rand KR-2. I'm sure it could save weight over the monowheel
> > installation. It will be interesting to see how much more drag than
> > the monowheel, and whether the weight savings cancel out a lot of the
> > difference. At this time, HB-YIB is the only conventional gear
> > installation flying, and it has so many other mods that direct
> > comparisons will be impossible. Shaun
>
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