I need a step

[groundloopdog]

Hi all
I need a step for a 7ac. safe air does not have any. champion are very
expen$ive( I am told Does any one know the price). are there any other
options?
Chris in wv

[Ron Babos]

You can always make one. Find a skilled aircraft homebuilder, or even a good body man can form one as good as the original. Whatever material you need , Aircraft Spruce will carry it. Ron

[Nathan K. Hammond]

I've seen tech data on this before....maybe it was a service letter or something on the web. I try to track it down, but i'm sure someone else will post it before I get back.

Any way, like Ron said, build your own. I'm a big believer in Do-It-Yourself, of course I'm a stingy bastard. You can build one from some steal plate that looks like a rain drop cut in half, front to back. Kind of like a GPS ant. or get 12 +/- inches of heavy wall streamlined tube. Depends on where yours is busted, if it's just the part you step on, cut it off at the weld. Cut the new tub the same angle and what ever length you like. Weld back on. If the bad part is farther up, just make a cut in good metal and splice in the lower "L" shape. If it's at the Longeron, hope you like doing fabric work.

Keep us posted

nkh

[Johnnie Smith]

Glen Miller makes new ones... Don't know the cost?
His e-mail adress is cgmiller@lemoorenet.com.

Hope this gets the job done......

JS

[Jody Wittmeyer]

I have the drawings for making a new step. E-mail me direct if you want me to send them to you. jodydeb@earthlink.net

[hayley576]

i also had to replace our step
I called american champion 165.00

[MikeB]

If just the step is broken off on the bottom, one thing you might consider is making a full length sleeve to go over the present step tubing and then securing it with a couple of bolts. I can email you a picture if it would happen to work for you. Regarding the step itself, I'd make one.