Rans S-7 on Floats or Wheels
2011/04/06
This one sold but for current info click here for my home page
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for 100hp S7S video
Rare find: an almost NEW Short tail
This kit was finished in
December 2008 and has only 85 hours TOTAL time (barely broken in)
Always
hangared (yes, even on floats).
80 HP 912 Burns regular auto gas or marina fuel.
74” Dynamically balanced,
made to order,
“*” means upgrade from original kit
Oil and coolant thermostats
for fast cold weather warm up and constant running temps.
Oil thermostat: modified Permacool; Coolant thermostat:
1 ¼” full flow
Larger, S size oil cooler (see picture
below) *
625 lbs empty weight on
wheels (current S models are typically 750lbs).
Excellent covering and
paint (yes there are a couple of
blemishes)
Full fabric
on cabin floor making it look better and much easier to keep clean and
dry. *
Aluminum baggage
compartment *
Cabin heat (muffler and rad
with external air supply) *
Door lift strut *
Bowed out doors (not
windows) See
further down for comments on door size and interior space or click here *
Vortex generators *
Full span elevator trim tab
with stick mounted control. *
Air tight gap seals on all
surfaces (flaps, ailerons, elevators and trim) *
Strobes and nav lights
800/6 tires *
Voltage regulator on cool
side of firewall *
Charge indicator *
Master battery
disconnect *
High capacity, accessible,
AGM battery: 20ah, 300 CCA. (The Odyssey
680 is 16 and 220) *
Starter solenoid at battery
so no always hot #4 cable. *
King Com (or hand held
depending on price), ELT, Garmin 196 GPS (1/2 the screen is weak), Intercom, 2
headsets
Angle of
Attack, coolant temp and pressure. *
For details the AoA instrument
(I sell them) see: http://www.pipcom.com/~cowcam/AOAr.htm
All new
rubber fuel lines. *
“detailed”
jury struts *
Lifting eyes (if purchased on
floats) *
Full lotus 1260 floats (gray)
rigged with additional stiffener tube, spreader tube fairings and settings that
eliminate
the porpoising common with Lotus floats. Cruises
80 mph at 5000 rpm and 90 at 5500 rpm.
And then take a look at this 100 hpS7S on 1500 floats to see the performance comparison (takes awhile to load):
The S takes over 11, this one under 9 seconds, same loading, cooler day
These floats are coming off for the Lotus floats
The rear and diagonal float struts are temporary test struts which have been replaced with streamline tube like the front one. Picture below.
The perfect floatplane config: huge seaplane doors both sides plus tandem seating.
These doors (on both sides)
are 60” long (15” longer than a Cubs) and about 40” deep (5” lower than a Cub).
So the Rans is much easier to get in and out of (both front and rear) than a
Super Cub. You can open them in flight or remove them easily. In summer I
usually fly with the right door back on the dock.
The cabin roof is all
glass. The cabin is high enough that your head is well below the bottom of the
wing. A SuperCub measures less than 30 inches from seat to bottom of wing; the
S-7 is 35”. Seats are adjustable fore and aft (on the ground) and your knees
are well aft of the panel unlike in a SuperCub.
Shoulder harness fore and
aft. The cabin is 30” wide where the doors bow out.
The baggage space behind
the seat holds 50 pounds and goes back close to 3 feet. On this plane it also
has a very sturdy aluminum frame.
Also note that
ALL YEARS of S7 and S-7S have the SAME dimensions from aft of the firewall to
aft of the baggage compartment. On the S
the firewall itself is deeper and wider so the rudder pedals sit lower but that
is the only difference in cabin size from early 90’s to 2009 S7 models. Yes
there is the longer tail version but that has no effect on interior space.
Of course the whole
fuselage is made out of 4130 steel tube and the wing structure is all aluminum.
If you have liked
SuperCubs, you might want to read the chatter on the SuperCub list when a long
term Cub owner switched to an S-7: http://www.supercub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=123296
Above, heater rad is visible between rudder pedals and heat does flow back to rear seat.
Wiring changes mentioned above result in a fewer electrical components on the firewall and tidier engine compartment wiring.
Since the above pics taken, exhaust heat baffles added
under each carb. *
Rear surface of prop painted flat black to stop
reflections.
S-7S oil cooler installed
Rear seat electrical
panel (starter button, master disconnect and charge/boost jack. *
Here is the final float rigging:
Streamline fairings added to spreader bars. Will cruise at 90 mph at 5500 rpm or 80mph at 5000.
Yes it has lots of important upgrades but it does not have hydraulic brakes (has mechanical ones). This could be an issue for pavement operation but on floats and skiis it is not an issue. Hydraulic brakes can be added.
$41,500
CNDN on floats $38 Cndn on wheels.
Great price for a year old creampuff!.
Located in
southern
Can deliver in
** Currently licensed as AULA but could be changed to
Amateur Built (has had pre-cover inspection)**
Peter Cowan 705 877 8404 pcowan41@bell.net
For US residents, it is acceptable to import a Canadian Amateur Built
aircraft. See this FAA circular and start at page 14 after the yellow
bar: AC20-27F