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Old January 10th 18, 01:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Wingtip Wheels from Libelle 201?

On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:21:15 -0800, chip.bearden wrote:

Thx. I've seen pics of the available tip wheels. And off-the-shelf
wheels would work. But the Glasflugel device was so elegant: the wheel
was small but robust, and half buried in the tip instead of the entire
wheel being encased in a fairing, as I've found commercially available.
And already mounted in a fiberglass assembly. I checked Streifeder's
site without success but I'll post something on the Libelle owner's
forum.

I was looking at the Glasfaser (Streifneder) website today and wondered
how easy it would be to fit wheels, possibly those made for skateboards,
inside the tall (50mm) tip skids that they sell.


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