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Thread: Hub Caps for Douglas Rims?

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    Default Hub Caps for Douglas Rims?

    Hi All,

    Has anyone found or had success with fitting some hubcaps to the older 8" Douglas ATV rims?
    I was thinking something like this:
    Golf Cart Hubs

    Even if these weren't perfect perhaps I could fibreglass something up?

    I'm keen to get some sort of cover over the wheel hubs but don't want to weld lugs on etc...
    Thoughts / Comments?

    Cheers
    Jono

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    Default Re: Hub Caps for Douglas Rims?

    Jono,
    I put hubcaps on my first A Model IV. I need an oath of secrecy before I tell the next part. Thanks! My wife is a flight attendant and I occasionally take advantage of her time away to use her things for my projects. The lid of her favorite frying pan had the perfect contour for laying up a couple of convex shapes that I trimmed for the covers themselves. To attach them to the wheel, I found d some aluminum flanges - similar to the ones that secure the large hose under the header tank to the belly fabric, but larger - that I glued to the wheel hub after attaching three anchor nuts. I used carbon fiber tubes as spacers between the hubcap and the flange.

    I no longer have the original airplane but do still have the hubcaps. I put many hours on the airplane with the hubs. The only issue was the flanges made checking air pressure and adding air a little more of a challenge.
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    Default Re: Hub Caps for Douglas Rims?

    Thanks HighWing... I was thinking of using a lid from a bucket as a mold... Your idea looks better!

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