"My question is one of how much stress is being placed on the airframeusing this technique " Don. Your A&P is doing the better thing for your airframe. By attaching a hook to the engine, the plane is lifted at the closest spot to the engine mount, where the nose gear is attached to. This is much better than forcing the lifting forces throughout the airframe all the way to the tail. If you are concerned about the forces or strains to the engine mount think what is happening in flight; the propeller is pulling on that mount with at least 75 hp or even more. Lifting it at the designed spot for the engine is really not much compared to that stress. Hartmut
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:53:11 +0000Subject: [ercoupe-tech] lifting nose wheel Hello all! My 415C is in for annual and I dropped by to check it out.To my surprise the A&P was using a "cherry picker" with a chainattached to the engine to raise the nose wheel off the ground. (Thebrass bushing on the nose gear has worn and they are replacing it.) My question is one of how much stress is being placed on the airframeusing this technique vs. the one shown where the nose is raised usingweight on the rear? The A&P dismissed my concern so I thought I'dpost it to the group. Thanks in advance.Also wanted to thank Ed B. for the annual checklist on his site. Igave it to the A&P and he was all excited, saying that it would savehim lots of time. Time on the annual = outflow of money. Yourefforts and those of the other 'Coupers to disseminate information aregreatly appreciated.Don08H _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008
