I bought the DuBro Parkflyer skis at my LHS for $7.95.
They are a nifty pair of skis but the mounting system
requires an axle length longer than what’s on the Slow
Stick. You could bend a new landing gear with a longer
axle but I decided to modify the skis as shown in the
attached photo. All I did was to extend the skis upward
with 1/16 ply on both sides of the ski. This allowed me
to put the wheel collar centered on the ski rather than
on the outside. With this arrangement I had to make a
new spring for positioning the ski. I used a thin paper
clip and just bent it around the cap screw, around the
axle and then bent it at a right angle to go into a hole
I had drilled in the side of the ski.
Actually I think I like the modified ski better than the
original as it gives me more prop clearance and I think
the positioning spring works better than the small one
supplied. The supplied wheel collars are for a 1/16”
wire but they are easy to drill out to fit the Slow
Stick landing gear.
The skis are about 7” long by 2” wide and as modified
the pair weighs about 1 oz. I’m making a pair out of
foam, which I think will weigh half as much. JimSP.