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ultracruiser41

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Any of you "Dominators" have a spare front fairing you'd like to part with or know where I can get one? Are they available through Rotor Flight Dynamics?

Thanks,

BarryK
 
Barry
Yes , you can get one through Ernie.at Rotor flight Dynamics.
I emailed him a couple of months ago with that same question and he does sell them separate.
 
Very expensive.

Very heavy - trust me, they weight alot more than you would think.

And since they install under the keel, in the machine like the bee with the seat installed fairly high up off the keel, the level of wind protection will not be that great. If you look at a Dominator, you will see the seat is as low to the keel as possible leaving only just enough room for the controls to clear the bottom of the seattank. This puts the pilot behind the pod and windshield. Put this pod on a gyrobee and the pilots head and upper body will be above the windshield.

My advise is to buy a heated motorcycle riding suit and hook it up to a Key West regulator that will give you 12 volt power off the Rotax 503 on your bee. The suit and regulator will cost less than the unpainted and un finished pod, and can be used in your aerolight fixed wing as well.
 
Or the Drifter is a nice looking pod.

Rans used to make a clear nose bubble, but I haven't seen one in a while and it's not on their parts list.

The trick is to get the wind off of your head for those long winter trips.
 
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I'd be cautious... The stock Bee is 1" from CLT. Adding the weight of a pod below the thrust line could potentially affect the ship's weight/balance and stability. To afford wind protection, the pod would have to be significantly larger than the Dominator style, which in turn adds more drag and frontal surface area. This may compound the problem, but I cannot speak from experience.

Thanks,
Brian Jackson
 
Adding a pod to a pusher aircraft reduces the margin of aerodynamic stability in pitch and yaw. Some pusher gyros become statically unstable with the addition of a pod and will try to whip around and fly backwards when you throttle back.
 
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