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WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Chris Zavatson » Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:23 pm

I have three Carbon Tow Bars available from one of my latest weight loss programs. These fit the Lancair supplied Tow Bar Attach plate/pin.
Weight is only 10.6 oz, 28% of the original (The original is 2.4 lbs)
$375 + shpg

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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Christian Meier » Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:46 pm

Very nice work!
What is the overall length. Need to check how it would fit in the plane...
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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Chris Zavatson » Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:50 pm

Christian,
Stored length is very close to the original.
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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Doug Sowder » Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:04 pm

Chris,

Will this tow bar work on Legacy?

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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Chris Zavatson » Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:15 pm

Doug Sowder wrote:Chris,

Will this tow bar work on Legacy?

Thanks,
Doug Sowder


Doug,
Short answer is Yes. In fact I just used one on a Legacy yesterday. The ES starts getting a bit heavy. It still worked, but flex becomes noticeable.

What I have found is that folks have installed the tow plate in different ways. That alters which corners of the tow bar fork need to be rounded vs not.
Some tow plates are bent upward, away for the nose wheel fork. Those are the easiest to accommodate.

The first three tow bars are gone, but I have ordered materials to make another three.
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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Doug Sowder » Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:40 pm

Thanks, Chris. I want one! My Legacy's tow plate is bent upward as you've described. Please give me ordering and payment details!

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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Chris Zavatson » Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:00 pm

Doug Sowder wrote:Thanks, Chris. I want one! My Legacy's tow plate is bent upward as you've described. Please give me ordering and payment details!

Doug Sowder

Doug,
PM sent.

Anyone else, just PM me and I'll get you on the list for the next batch.
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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Chris Zavatson » Sun Aug 16, 2020 2:53 pm

I have three more tow bars available.

Some folks have some really cool tow bar mounting schemes in their planes.

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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Sean Tommervik » Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:09 pm

Met Chris last week while in Sacramento area. Picked up tow bar for my Super ES. Definitely has some flex while towing, but I’m just going to be using it as my “to-go” in aircraft tow bar and leave the metal one for at home.

Found the brackets in the link below and they work great. Converted the metal brackets to CF from some scrap laying around.

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Re: WTS Carbon Tow Bar

Postby Chris Zavatson » Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:42 pm

Sean,
Those mounts are perfect. Thanks for the link.

-just for comparison, what is the typical weight on the nose wheel of an empty ES? A 360 is about 400 lbs
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