Hangar Flying => Hangar Flying => Topic started by: mwilli7119 on February 10, 2005, 09:21:21 AM
Title: baggage pods
Post by: mwilli7119 on February 10, 2005, 09:21:21 AM
I have seen several Varieze's with baggage pods. Without getting into a discussion of weight etc. are these the same pods that a Longeze uses or are they designed just for a Varieze?
Title: baggage pods
Post by: Waiter on February 10, 2005, 09:30:56 AM
One and the Same!!! :D
Take a look at my web site www.iflyez.com for a PDF file on how to install them
Waiter
Title: Pods
Post by: Ghost-Rider on February 10, 2005, 12:16:56 PM
Waiter,
Can you or someone else advise where the pods can be purchased from?
Title: baggage pods
Post by: Waiter on February 10, 2005, 01:23:00 PM
Check with Featherlite. I think they have the molds.
I don't have their phone number, but the e-mail is
fthrlite@pacific.net
Each pod comes in four pieces, You need to fabricate the wing mounting cuff, then put it all together. Good weekend project.
Waiter
Title: baggage pods
Post by: miketdrew on February 10, 2005, 09:06:23 PM
Another source for pods from the canard aviators list this last summer.
From: "Gary Hunter" <gluegaru@e...> Date: Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:28 pm Subject: Re: [c-a] Baggage Pod Vendor - Quick Build
Hi James,
No, I don't have a website up and running yet. But, I have been selling baggage pods for years. Recently, however, I have built a new set of molds that allows me to produce them in the QUICK BUILD version. In the past, they were available as a KIT that required assembling halves into a pod. Then you progressed into mating them to the airplane. Plus, the old molds were rough, and the parts required a lot of finish work. Now, they come assembled, and the finished work is greatly diminished. The pod design is not new - but the kit is improved.
Attached is a photo.
The INTRODUCTORY price is $750 plus $45 S&H.
I am working on a larger version for the Cozy MkIV. More info later.
Gary Hunter
Title: Baggage Pod Utility
Post by: Charles Davis on February 11, 2005, 09:39:52 PM
Just how useful are these baggage pods, if you are taking 2-3 day trips with the plane?
In practical terms, how much "stuff" can you put in them?
Do the handling characteristics change noticeably with them on?
Title: baggage pods
Post by: Drew on February 11, 2005, 10:57:35 PM
I don't have pods (wouldn't mind having some though----but I have priorities elsewhere), but I can pack a longez for two for a week. I pack my travel duffle bag with clothes is large ziplock bags. When I get to the plane, I unload the ziplocks into the spar and the rear cockpit headrest area. The wings get packed and my wife stuffs a small duffle in the area underneath her knees. Not really a problem---but you do have to be creative---baggage pods should simplify things. If you need things to be nice and flat (like a tux or a dress-----done that one too), you can put it between the frontseat cusion and the frontseat bulkhead.