---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 03/21/19: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:40 PM - Hangar winch (Richard Pike) 2. 05:03 PM - Re: Hangar winch (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:40:22 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Hangar winch From: "Richard Pike" 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. -------- 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. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=488179#488179 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/p1070156_medium_834.jpeg http://forums.matronics.com//files/p1070155_medium_127.jpeg ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:03:16 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Hangar winch From: Charlie England On 3/21/2019 5:40 PM, Richard Pike wrote: > > 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. > > -------- > 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." --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.