Canadair CL70 CFR 58-91588

[Colin Alford]

Robin,

I have stumbled across this link:

http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collecti...cles&pagenav=1

It appears that the National Film Board produced at least 2 and possibly 4 films on the RAT with the longest run-time listed as 30 min.

I have not explored this far enough to determine how you could obtain a copy of these films.

Colin

[Robin Craig]

Colin,

Absolutely brilliant, thank you. I have joined the NFB.ca site and when their confirmation email lands in I will login and try to watch some of those.

Failing that I will make alternate enquiries.

Thank you, once again.

[Colin Alford]

Robin,

You are very welcome.

Colin

[Marc Montgomery]

For an extremely detailed historical look at CF operations in the ARctic


"Canadian Arctic Operations -1941-2015 : Lessons Learned. Lost, Relearned"
https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/arts/...ticOps2017.pdf



pg 57 shows an armoured snowmo (have none survived?) and what may be RATs in b/g
pg 123 has one of the later evolutions of the armoured snowmo..with the closed cab Penguin


Here's anothe ARctic link with an unfortunate Penguin. One of these was featured in an old Convoy magazine at an auction in Alberta or Manitoba (?) Anyone know what happened to it?

https://uphere.ca/articles/long-way-home-0

[Robin Craig]

Thank you for that Marc, just a very useful read in general aside from own personal interest.

[Robin Craig]

So,

a request to you all. I need a quantity of small tires for this restoration.

3.40/3.00-5 is the size I am after, in black and a ribbed tread pattern like a wheel barrow is desired. They will have to be tubed I am thinking. As yet I have not taken one of the rims apart.

A two or five dollar difference makes a big difference at the end when you consider how many tires I need for the whole machine, which is 20. Right now I would like to get 10 for the rear car as that is going to be done first.

If anyone can make some suggestions please.

[Grant Bowker]

Any chance of a photo of the tire you are looking for?
A drawing in the repair manual suggests a profile similar to a wheelbarrow tire with circumferential rib/groove tread.
A cursory Google suggests the size is used on lawnmowers, handcarts go-karts and (ultralight?) aircraft. http://www.lawnmowertirestore.com/3-...-and-tube.html and http://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog...SABEgLBI_D_BwE PLy ratings and weight capacities seem to vary with most of the Google results having squarer shoulders than the manual seems to be showing.
Also, what weight capacity do you need? Google was showing a range from 380 to over 450 pounds.