Can you send a sketch or a photo of your wing root dolly fitting. Peter Champness
On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> wrote: > At 11:05 AM 25/12/2013, you wrote: > >> Or have big open class two seaters where even with friends helping a >> little extra is nice.... >> >> Cath >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> > > If you have two people all you need is a couple of saw horses with carpet > on top. $20 each at Supercrap. > Been there done that. You don't lift anything heavier than the wingtip for > a very short time. > It helps if the trailer has good fittings. I have yet to see a European > trailer with those. Trailers nowadays seem to be chosen for their fashion > statement value rather than lightness, strength and stiffness and properly > designed fittings. The clamshell types are none of those. > Nearly 40 years ago Bruce Tuncks figured out that you wanted to run the > wing root dolly past the back of the trailer. Simple plug in extension to > the tracks does it. Then design the dolly with a flat top and a peg to hold > the wing in place which can be removed. This means you can roll the spar > around on it after removing the peg. No wing nuts, etc. That was my mod to > the idea. > > Mike > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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