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My hangar is on a somewhat sloped hill, I take off down hill, land up hill, and
drag the airplane up the side slope of the hill to get it back into the hangar.
The older I get, the less I enjoy dragging the airplane back uphill into the
hangar.
Today I had a happy time - attached a winch that drags the airplane back into the
hangar for me!
When Harbor Freight puts this little winch on sale it is $50. Not too bad, and
then my son works in a garage, and was able to gift me a used battery that still
works good enough to drive the winch.
So here's what I ended up with: replace the original steel winch cable with paracord.
Cheap, #500 working load, and a lot easier to live with than metal cable.
Bolt the rig to something sturdy, get your self a pulley, and you are good to go!
The winch has a remote control fob, which makes it easy to move around in the hangar
and align the tailwheel to the ramp, check the rope winding up on the spool,
etc. It is not very fast, but that is not a bad thing; gives you time to
make sure nothing is going to go where you don't want it.
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kolb Firefly Part 103 legal (Ready for a test flight on the new 277)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing.
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| Subject: | Re: Hangar winch |
On 3/21/2019 5:40 PM, Richard Pike wrote:
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> My hangar is on a somewhat sloped hill, I take off down hill, land up hill, and
drag the airplane up the side slope of the hill to get it back into the hangar.
The older I get, the less I enjoy dragging the airplane back uphill into
the hangar.
> Today I had a happy time - attached a winch that drags the airplane back into
the hangar for me!
> When Harbor Freight puts this little winch on sale it is $50. Not too bad, and
then my son works in a garage, and was able to gift me a used battery that still
works good enough to drive the winch.
> So here's what I ended up with: replace the original steel winch cable with paracord.
Cheap, #500 working load, and a lot easier to live with than metal cable.
> Bolt the rig to something sturdy, get your self a pulley, and you are good to
go!
> The winch has a remote control fob, which makes it easy to move around in the
hangar and align the tailwheel to the ramp, check the rope winding up on the
spool, etc. It is not very fast, but that is not a bad thing; gives you time to
make sure nothing is going to go where you don't want it.
>
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> Richard Pike
> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kolb Firefly Part 103 legal (Ready for a test flight on the new 277)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>
> Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing.
>
Looks good, but 500 lbs would worry me a bit, if I had to stand in the
possible arc of a snapped line. "Be careful out there."
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