Guest brentc Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 This is what happens when you drop into an airfield unannounced and don't realise that the taxiway is clay and has had a lot of rain lately. Would you believe that when I weighed the wheel spat it was 17.4 kilograms! After 100 metres of taxxing, all 3 spats were FULL of clay. Something to watch for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airsick Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 That's quite taxing taxiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 So, I gotta ask - what did an extra 55KG of ballast hanging underneath feel like??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Feeel like? Sticky, cold and wet I reckon at a guess nev.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brentc Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I had to take the spats off the aircraft to get out again to the runway, so I did have the weight onboard, but it was in the back. It was hard to believe that they weighed so much. The photo was taken nowhere near the runway just for your info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seal Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Yeah, clay soils and spats don't mix well. It's even more fun with cracking clays, if you don't break them by filling them up with mud in winter then in summer the cracks open up and eventually you drop a wheel down one and smash the spat that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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