Datum Skis

[kestrel]

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Looks Awesome!

[Blackrock]

Very Nice!

[whee]

So cool! I can't wait till mine is done and on skis.

[AlabamaSlammer]

Looks awesome, well done

[kestrel]

Due to having a couple weekends that are booked and a shortage of snow around here it may be a few weeks, but I'll try to get some better pictures and some video posted. I didn't have much time to play or take cool pictures today.

[N942VT]

As a follow up, the ski install went well. These are very nice quality. The toughest part to overcome turned out to be the brake set up, there's not much room so a single puck system clocked as high as possible is needed. I built an engine mount connecting the top two firewall mount locations for strength and used the gear leg and lower longeron cluster for the rear cables. Here's some pics of Ty loading up and his first take off. I can't say enough about Jean-Marc at Datum and how helpful and responsive he was to my questions. Good guy and great company. I'll let Ty provide any pireps but I know right after these pictures he and the family went off to Maine to play around.
Edit, can't get the video to upload, too bad it's a good one. 010.JPG 005.JPG

[Zzz]

Dave just post it on Youtube and then paste the link.

That kinda sucks about the requirement for a single puck caliper for those of us who run double pucks with bushwheels, would certainly make the swapover more work intensive.

The power wire routing in the above pic looks a little sketchy...are you routing it through an air vent or something? Hard to see in the pic. Seems like the Datum motor/actuator would be better on the inside of the wheel or easy run up the gear leg and into the fuselage.

/Couch cushion thoughts

EDIT: Are you guys going to get after it after this big storm???

[N942VT]

I hear you on the wire routing but that's what we have to work with, the wire is in a rubber conduit so it's pretty well protected. Worst case a bungee would be applied to hold it up and back to the strut but it's more secure than it looks in the pic. I've seen some Datum's with the actuator in the front but they made this change so there it is. Remember these move 12 inches fore and aft so the wire has to go with it somewhat. Not only do you need single pucks but they have to be clocked as high as possible and then still I made a Delrin bumper to keep the ski from hitting the bleeder, it's pretty tight.
This storm is missing us up here completely, Ty may get some where he is 100 miles or so south of me but it's clear and calm for us.

[N942VT]

https://youtu.be/wsoumXWgd38

Short video of first take off with Datum Skis

[kestrel]

I was in Punta Cana for the storm, but we got zero inches in southern NH. I'm now headed to Yellowstone with the family for a week of cross-country skiing. Crowds should be thin! :-). It may be Feb 7 before I can fly again. The only good news is that the lakes are finally freezing up.

[kestrel]

Man! Did I have fun today!

[kestrel]

[kestrel]

Bearhawk departing Bowman today. Not much runway needed for this plane!!

Posted by Bowman Field Flying Club on Saturday, February 13, 2016

[N942VT]

Looks like fun Ty. Wish I could have come but dove the Cayman wall today so all is good. We need to get those wires tidied up and turnbuckles on your cables. I'll be skiing with you next winter, in the works.