Source for new Schweizer tailwheels?

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Our club 1-34 needs a new tailwheel. Anyone know of a source of new
Schweizer tailwheels, or their equivalent?

TIA,

Kirk
66
Saint Louis Soaring Association

[quietman]

Mine has been sportin' color coordinated tail and wing tip wheels of
MUCH higher quality than original for the past five years, cost about
$5 total from the bargin bin at 'play it again' sports.

They were made to be used as in-line skate wheels...

....different sizes/colors and nice ball bearings...

John Roe "ZR"

www.roenation.com

[BTIZ]

most sporting good stores that carry inline skates will have wheels with
sealed bearings, may need to modify the axle bolt or bushings and you are
there.

We modify hockey pucks for wing tip wheels

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Our club 1-34 needs a new tailwheel. Anyone know of a source of new
> Schweizer tailwheels, or their equivalent?
>
> TIA,
>
> Kirk
> 66
> Saint Louis Soaring Association
>

[Mike the Strike]

Wheel? Sounds a bit high tech for a Schweizer - put a skid on it!

Mike



BTIZ wrote:
> most sporting good stores that carry inline skates will have wheels with
> sealed bearings, may need to modify the axle bolt or bushings and you are
> there.
>
> We modify hockey pucks for wing tip wheels
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > Our club 1-34 needs a new tailwheel. Anyone know of a source of new
> > Schweizer tailwheels, or their equivalent?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Kirk
> > 66
> > Saint Louis Soaring Association
> >

[[email protected]]

Hmm, so what I'm hearing is that there is no source of "official"
Schweizer tailwheels? Does that mean we need a 337 to use a
rollerblade wheel?

JUST KIDDING!

I've been using rollerblade wheels for years myself on my Ls6 (got a
spare one in the car - might just try it on the 1-34). I'm just not
sure what the federales consider legal on a certified glider. And we
have plenty of federales in our club, if you know what I mean...

And like Mike says - it would be a bit pathetic if the highest
technology on the 1-34 was the tailwheel!

Kirk
66

[scooter]

wrote:
> Hmm, so what I'm hearing is that there is no source of "official"
> Schweizer tailwheels? Does that mean we need a 337 to use a
> rollerblade wheel?
>
> JUST KIDDING!
>
> I've been using rollerblade wheels for years myself on my Ls6 (got a
> spare one in the car - might just try it on the 1-34). I'm just not
> sure what the federales consider legal on a certified glider. And we
> have plenty of federales in our club, if you know what I mean...
>
> And like Mike says - it would be a bit pathetic if the highest
> technology on the 1-34 was the tailwheel!
>
> Kirk
> 66

Les Schweizer quoted me a new one for my 1-26.

He responds to emails at schweizer_dot_les_at_prodigy_dot_net

Scott

[ContestID67]

You need to worry about replacing the wheel with something certified to
be used on an airplane as all (?) Schweizer gliders carry Standard
Airworthiness Certificates, not Experimental. You can't just put any
old thing into/onto these gliders.

- John

[Graeme Cant]

wrote:

> ... And we
> have plenty of federales in our club, if you know what I mean...

Then ContestID67 wrote (almost reflexively!):

> ... You can't just put any old thing into/onto these gliders.

Mmm. I think I know what you mean.

GC

[COLIN LAMB]

"You can't just put any old thing into/onto these gliders."

Heavens no. If you crash the news media will cite the cause of the crash as
failing to file a flight plan and using a roller blade wheel as a tail
wheel.

Colin

[Kilo Charlie]

"COLIN LAMB" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> "You can't just put any old thing into/onto these gliders."
>
> Heavens no. If you crash the news media will cite the cause of the crash
> as failing to file a flight plan and using a roller blade wheel as a tail
> wheel.
>
> Colin

And that your nail polish was most likely an explosive device!

Casey
KC
Phoenix (where soaring has been pretty much shut down)