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About Me:: Partially retired
Flying is main hobby
Tow gliders and haul sky divers as a hobby

Do you own a Porterfield Airplane? N#?: Own 1940 CP-65 #25499
Currently flying regularly

Does anyone know where to get shock absorber disks for a 1940 CP-65?

I have tried to Joe Rankin with no success.

Posted on December 27, 2009 at 7:13pm — 1 Comment

At 11:46am on February 4, 2011, Steve Sharpe said…: Shock disks - When we rebuilt the aircraft about 20 years ago, I made new shock disks out of 1" thick rubber sheet bought from a local rubber stockist as the originals (then about 60 years old) were looking a bit ragged. I cut them out with a jigsaw, as I didn't have a 4" diameter hole cutter, but that made them a bit untidy - no problem as they are covered up anyway. Last year I decided to tidy them up so took one in to a different rubber stockist. He was able to supply me with 1" thick disks ready cut to 4" diameter, for about £1.50 ($2) each, bargain. I don't know what they would have been used for, probably some marine purpose I guess, but they fill the bill. Not particularly resilient but as most of the shock absorbing is done by the tyres anyway, not a problem, they do squash up on compression and do the job OK. I'm sure a rubber stockist in your area would be able to help.

Cheers

At 10:01am on January 10, 2010, Jason Algra said…: I can possibly help you out with the shock rubbers.