Looking for skis

[Boutch]

Hi guys,
I'm a new member, I live in northern Quebec, Canada. I own a sedan since 1 year and just love it. (following my wife...)
We just removed it from Edo floats 3 weeks ago and put it on wheel. Flying a Cessna 140 on wheel in the past , I found the Sedan to be a very good tail wheel. Performance are more than I expected and you get a very good control of the aircraft on the wheel landing.

Having plenty of snow and frozen lakes around here, I'm curently looking for fixed penetration skis or Hydraulic wheel skis. Can somebody give me some informations about which kind and types of skis are certified for the Sedan?

Thank you very much!

Attached a picture of my Sedan.

[49_sedan]

There was never anything besides straight skis approved for the Sedan. Many people have installed wheel skis under a field approval. I have seen sedans with Aero-Ski retractables as well Federal AWB-2500's. I happen to have a set of Federal AWB 2500's that I was considering selling, I bought them for my Sedan several years ago. I have a lot less time than I thought I would have in the winter, I have never had a chance to use them and I don't see that I will in the future.
Best Regards
Tom

[Boutch]

I have seen in the past logs different type of skis installed on that Sedan. A set of strait Federal 2500, a set of Federal 3000 and a set of Fluidyne 2000. Myself, I would think that 2000 are too small but 2500 size would perfectly fit. Especially on deep powder snow.

[Muskokabob]

I have a set of Federal 2500's for sale. I'm in Ontario.

Bob

[49_sedan]

The straight federal 2500 ski can be installed with just a log book entry, the AWB 2500 is a retractable wheel ski, which would require a field approval, which is very easy to get here in the states for a ski installation. I am not sure how this would get done in Canada.

[Boutch]

Thanks for the information

Yes, Federal 2500 would be interesting.

How much are you asking for your Federal 2500?

[Muskokabob]

Asking $2500 CDN, they are rigged for the Sedan.

[Boutch]

Dear mr Muskokabob,
I'm interested by your skis. Can you contact me by e-mail at sbouchard@canadianhelicopters.com
Do you have pictures of your skis. Do you have a tail ski?

Thank you!

[Boutch]

Here's what C-FJVJ looks on Fed 3500 skis.
It's been a very good combination putting 3500 skis on my Sedan. The flight caracteristic are well above my expectations. It does'nt make much difference on the drag, I still do 95 MPH. The skis are realy working good on every snow conditions, they do very well on deep powder snow. This is a lot of fun for the spring time!

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[Aryana]

Boutch, it looks great! I am curious about the chevrons on your vertical stab. I have the same on my Sedan which spent some time in Ontario as C-GRZA. Is it a Canadian thing for Sedans?

[Boutch]

Hi Joe,

This is a very good questions about the chevron on my vertical stab. I will do my own investigation and will tell you if i find anything about it. See you!

[Muskokabob]

Glad to see your 3500's worked out for you, did you do much repair on them to get them ready for the sedan?

[Boutch]

Hi Muskokabob!

The skis were in an excellent condition with a good teflon on the bottom. The job was perfectly done,with all perfect flush rivets. It came with a nice original tail ski.

But the pain was from rigging the skis. I ordered the drawing from Rich Stadt from Wipaire. Cost me $25. Which is not expensive because it gave us a pretty good hand preparing the cables. We worked a good 2 days to prepare all the cables and bungees and a good 5-6 hours 2 mans installing the skis.

I would realy recommend the 3500 on the Sedan especially if you have deep snow or even slush on lakes in your area. 3 weeks ago we encounter slush conditions on a certain lake and I would say that the 3500 saved us from being stuck. I had to apply full throttle from my venerable Continental 145 hp to go out of the slushy area and we were very close to spend the night in the bush...
Personaly, I prefer to stay away from trouble...

I heard from a friend about another kind of Teflon with a special name. This teflon is absolutly slipery. The guy said that with this teflon he cannot do any run up... Does any one know about this product?

Have a safe flight!