Anyone know a good way to make a belly baggage pod?

If you made a belly pod that provided some lift could you not increase the
MGW of the aircraft?

I think of this because at lease some of the pontoons on the market "carry
thier own weight" so to speak and don't subtract from the aircrafts useful
load.


"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:45:41 -0400, Tedstriker
wrote:

:My Jurca Sirocco has so little baggage space, that it really needs
:some extra room. I'd like to make a bomb-shaped belly pod, and have
:seen some made on other homebuilts. I've heard of some of the Pitt's
:S-1 guys welding two spinners together, back to back, but that doesn't
:have the look I want. I've got 4 quarter inch bolts that are on the
:bottom of the belly that hold the pitot's seat down, and would be
erfec hard points to attach a pod to. I plan to fly to Oshkosh and it
:would be great to have some extra room for stuff. I can't figure out
:how to mold a shape like that. Any suggestions? I'm talanted in
:fiberglass work, as I've been building a Glasair 3 for 14 years, --
:still working on it. It would be great if someone made a pod I could
urchase.

Gary Hunter has been making them for EZ's for
years, 6.5' long and 12" diameter at the largest point. I understand
he's got new molds for slightly bigger pods - 13.5" diameter.

Featherlight also makes them