1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103

[cubby]

Just curious if any of the owners of the F22 Series have had any problems with the wheel pant brackets,
after a short flight, I landed and checked my right wheel pant, which was slightly pointing down at the
back, it didn,t look right ,put it in the hanger ,and noticed the bracket was cracked ,removed the wheel
and repaired it,removed the left wheel but the bracket on the left side was good,so wanted to mention it
here so the pilots,would be aware that this happens,and maybe ,can check and see,if there brackets are ok,
I noticed most of the pictures, of the F22A in England is being operated with the wheel pants off in its pictures,
I just was curious, if he had a problem with the mounts, any way here are a few pictures, of the area,couldn,t
figure out how to submit pictures of the damaged mount.

Paul.Harrington
1992 F22a Taylorcraft
# 1103

[cubby]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Thought I had it maybe not

Just curious if any of the owners of the F22 Series have had any problems with the wheel pant brackets,
after a short flight, I landed and checked my right wheel pant, which was slightly pointing down at the
back, it didn,t look right ,put it in the hanger ,and noticed the bracket was cracked ,removed the wheel
and repaired it,removed the left wheel but the bracket on the left side was good,so wanted to mention it
here so the pilots,would be aware that this happens,and maybe ,can check and see,if there brackets are ok,
I noticed most of the pictures, of the F22A in England is being operated with the wheel pants off in its pictures,
I just was curious, if he had a problem with the mounts, any way here are a few pictures, of the area,couldn,t
figure out how to submit pictures of the damaged mount.i just read a post, saying how to up load the wheel pant
bracket damage ,.hope fully they show up.thanks,for the added comments.


Paul.Harrington
1992 F22a Taylorcraft
C-GPUN
Formly N87HJ
# 1103

[RobertP]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Hi Cubby,

There are no wheel Pants fitted to my F22A and I suspect there never have been as the aircraft was flown from the Factory straight to the UK with it's Tail Dragger sister the parts of which are in my garage following an insurance "write Off" and there was no evidence of wheel Pants on that aircraft either.

I suspect the lack of wheel Pants may be the possibility of having to land in fields or on poor terrain? My F22A has two small metal strips which appear to be possibility connected with wheel Pants on the inside of the nose wheel leg but there is nothing on the other two wheel legs.

[cubby]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Hi Cubby,


There are no wheel Pants fitted to my F22A and I suspect there never have been as the aircraft was flown from the Factory straight to the UK with it's Tail Dragger sister the parts of which are in my garage following an insurance "write Off" and there was no evidence of wheel Pants on that aircraft either.

I suspect the lack of wheel Pants may be the possibility of having to land in fields or on poor terrain? My F22A has two small metal strips which appear to be possibility connected with wheel Pants on the inside of the nose wheel leg but there is nothing on the other two wheel legs.

ROBERT.,
Your 1991 F22A Taylorcraft is still in the F.A.A. Records ,stating it was exported to the United Kingdome, ser # 2207 ,from BRITTANIA AIRCRAFT COMPANY,386 PARK AVE.PO BOX 41
WOOLRICH PENNSYLVNIA ZIP CODE 17779 U.S.A. its former Number was N22UK According to there records im trying to search to see if I can find any pictures of your plane if I do
I,ll let you know

Paul.
member 1103

[RobertP]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Paul,

Thanks for the Info! Every bit is useful especially if you could find out who flew the Aircraft together with her F22 sister to the UK? I don't know if The Brittania Aircraft Company is still in Business if so they may hold the clue? There is nothing in the Aircraft logs which helps.

Thanks again for your interest.

[cubby]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Paul,

Thanks for the Info! Every bit is useful especially if you could find out who flew the Aircraft together with her F22 sister to the UK? I don't know if The Brittania Aircraft Company is still in Business if so they may hold the clue? There is nothing in the Aircraft logs which helps.

Thanks again for your interest.

UP Date from Taylorcraft e mail from Ricardo Cortina
Reads as follows.

HI Mr Paul
Thanks for contacting us again,for your information,we have in house all dies and original tooling to manufacturing parts,unfortunately we still in ptocess of P.M.A. We will send you a list for parts that we have on stock when the time id close to the start up ,we will take parts orders to satisfy the club members for service parts and new aircrafts reservations reguards Ricardo n Cortina TAYLORCRAFT AIRCRAFT DEC/18/2014

CUBBY

Paul
F22A OWNER
DEC/18/2014

[robbie]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Sounds like the same story we heard 2 years ago. Guys this will never fly. Same old same old.

[cubby]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Robbie
Well your right ,it sounds exactly the same, but if there telling the truth, about having the tooling, to manufacture the parts, it may or may not happen ,but any approvals,
do in some cases ,take years to get approved,threw the F.A.A. ,I guess im, just hope full ,as some of the fellows,would have parts,instead of having to make parts ,but
hopefully it happens, i went to ALLIANCE Ohio, in the 1970s, when i rebuilt my model 19 Taylorcraft,and was very impressed,the way she run her company, and the dedication
she had the the Taylorcraft, she was a great person,and i bought parts from her to finish my Model 19,to bad she still didn,t run it,i guess we,ll just have to sit back and see
have a great day sir.

Cubby
Paul.
1992 F-22A Taylorcraft Owner.

[Bonanza91K]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Cubby,

My F21 has wheel pant brackets which cracked over time. A little weld fixed that. I see you have a skylight. Any chance you could PM me pictures from the inside of the cabin so that I can see how the skylight is finished from the inside. I want to put one in my plane and I'd like to use a "factory" look.

Jim
Rochester, NY
F21 w/Baumann 1500 floats/TrickAir skis.

[cubby]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

JIM.,
I think, i PM d, you not sure ,i,ll get the pictures later ,and send them to you.

Paul.

[robbie]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Cubby. I too when to alliance in 1983 and got parts when I rebuilt n44338. You are right she was a great lady. Wish now I would of replaced more parts. I guess hind site is 20-20

[cubby]

Re: 1992 F22A Taylorcraft wheel Pant mount fittings # 1103 pictures now added i hope

Robbie.,
She was a great person, i see you still own N44338, or its still in your area, have a great day ,i bought a lot of parts that day, and they were all,
top quality, items ,have a great day Sir.

Cubby

Paul.