McKenzie cuffs

Ralph Baker · Post by **Ralph Baker** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:44 pm

John,
If you are building to USA Light Sport specs you can't fly at night anyway so consider eliminating in wing landing lights and adding the McKenzie cuffs. Bob P claims they are like filling the fuselage with helium. You might also consider one less fuel bay in each wing and still have 28 gallons with reduced full fuel weight. If landing lights are a must there are many small 55W lights the size of a tangerine that could easily be mounted on the bungee gear.
Ralph Baker

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mbetti · Post by **mbetti** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:44 pm

Ralph,
Did you install McKenzie cuffs on your Elite? Where do you purchase them?
Mike Betti
771E

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:34:35 -0500, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:

John,
If you are building to USA Light Sport specs you can't fly at night anyway so consider eliminating in wing landing lights and adding the McKenzie cuffs. Bob P claims they are like filling the fuselage with helium. You might also consider one less fuel bay in each wing and still have 28 gallons with reduced full fuel weight. If landing lights are a must there are many small 55W lights the size of a tangerine that could easily be mounted on the bungee gear.
Ralph Baker

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Wayne G. O'Shea · Post by **Wayne G. O'Shea** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:44 pm

There is only one place to purchase them Mike and Angus left for Sudan....
for a mission school building project until the end of February.

Wayne

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Subject: Re: McKenzie cuffs

Ralph,
Did you install McKenzie cuffs on your Elite? Where do you purchase them?
Mike Betti
771E

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:34:35 -0500, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
John,
If you are building to USA Light Sport specs you can't fly at night

anyway so consider eliminating in wing landing lights and adding the
McKenzie cuffs. Bob P claims they are like filling the fuselage with
helium. You might also consider one less fuel bay in each wing and still
have 28 gallons with reduced full fuel weight. If landing lights are a must
there are many small 55W lights the size of a tangerine that could easily be
mounted on the bungee gear.

Ralph Baker

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John Kramer · Post by **John Kramer** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:44 pm

Ralph,

I'm building as a lightweight amateur built experimental to the
weight not the ELSA; big difference. Dave is putting lights in the
tips for me. As a 1320 lb experimental it can be flown under sport
pilot rules but is not subject to ELSA limitations. The regs are
more than a little convoluted.

I'm arguing with myself about fuel and several other details that
have caused me to slow construction and do more studying and thinking.

Thanks for the thoughts and the McKenzie cuffs aren't completely out
of the question I just don't yet have enough specs to really make a
determination. Performance may have to be sacrificed to maintain
usable weight; or I could lose 100 pounds and solve all my problems. ;-)

John...

At 08:34 AM 01/18/06, you wrote:

John,
If you are building to USA Light Sport specs you can't fly at night
anyway so consider eliminating in wing landing lights and adding the
McKenzie cuffs. Bob P claims they are like filling the fuselage
with helium. You might also consider one less fuel bay in each wing
and still have 28 gallons with reduced full fuel weight. If landing
lights are a must there are many small 55W lights the size of a
tangerine that could easily be mounted on the bungee gear.
Ralph Baker

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