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1. 04:56 PM - wing transport suggestions (jaydub)
2. 05:19 PM - Re: wing transport suggestions (jaydub)
3. 06:59 PM - Re: Re: wing transport suggestions (John Fitt)
4. 07:57 PM - Re: wing transport suggestions (Charlie England)
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| Subject: | wing transport suggestions |
It looks like Friday I go to pickup a Firestar project. It has everything but
the fuselage. What is the best way to transport the wings? They are covered
and I believe the ailerons are still attached.
I have a minivan and a 5'x10' trailer (see attachment, I will remove the mesh ramp).
I am planning on putting the engine, prop, nose pod, etc in the van. My
trailer is not enclosed but it does have sides that come up about 3' with some
boards covering steel. I can either lay one wing down on the floor (with foamboard
or a mattress underneath) then put something between the other one on
top of that. Then I can strap it down somehow. The other option would be to
have foamboard or other protection along the sidewall and on the floor and stand
the wing up, put a layer between them and put the next wing beside it, another
layer of protection on the outside of that wing and strap it in somehow.
The third option would be to stand one wing up along one side and the other along
the other side by itself. I'm not certain any of those are the best option.
For those of you who have transported loose wings, what suggestions would you have
with what I have to work with?
Thanks,
Jay
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| Subject: | Re: wing transport suggestions |
One other question, the wingspan is 27 ft. 8 in. but part of that is the fuselage.
Does anyone know what the actual length of 1 wing is? I'm assuming 12 to
13' but I'm not sure.
Jay
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| Subject: | Re: wing transport suggestions |
Firestar wing is about 13-6 long
Wing with aileron - 61 wide
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> On Feb 11, 2020, at 5:18 PM, jaydub <bearhawk@gmx.com> wrote:
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> One other question, the wingspan is 27 ft. 8 in. but part of that is the fuselage.
Does anyone know what the actual length of 1 wing is? I'm assuming 12
to 13' but I'm not sure.
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| Subject: | Re: wing transport suggestions |
On 2/11/2020 6:56 PM, jaydub wrote:
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> It looks like Friday I go to pickup a Firestar project. It has everything but
the fuselage. What is the best way to transport the wings? They are covered
and I believe the ailerons are still attached.
>
> I have a minivan and a 5'x10' trailer (see attachment, I will remove the mesh
ramp). I am planning on putting the engine, prop, nose pod, etc in the van.
My trailer is not enclosed but it does have sides that come up about 3' with
some boards covering steel. I can either lay one wing down on the floor (with
foamboard or a mattress underneath) then put something between the other one
on top of that. Then I can strap it down somehow. The other option would be
to have foamboard or other protection along the sidewall and on the floor and
stand the wing up, put a layer between them and put the next wing beside it, another
layer of protection on the outside of that wing and strap it in somehow.
The third option would be to stand one wing up along one side and the other
along the other side by itself. I'm not certain any of those are the best option.
>
> For those of you who have transported loose wings, what suggestions would you
have with what I have to work with?
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> Thanks,
> Jay
>
Since no one's jumped in with specific transport info, I'll offer some
ideas.
I transported a Twinstar almost 600 miles with the wingroot bolted to
the fuselage and the outboard end of the wing resting in a cradle made
of a strip of carpet. A cradle made from a strip of carpet the length of
the leading edge would work fine to support a wing; padded ratchet
straps would hold it in the cradle.
Another option: I recently helped pack a Pitts S1 & an RV4 in a shipping
container. It all made it safely to Argentina. We used old pillows and
ratchet straps to tie the wings to the sides of the container. Four
straps per wing. One pair acting as cradles, top of wall>down under the
leading edge>up to top of wall, with pillows captured by the straps
padding the wing out from the wall and protecting the wing from the
straps. 2nd pair from top of wall down across the pillows to bottom of wall.
But with working with the trailer you have, I'd consider 3 cheap
mattresses, or even thick foam rubber pads. One under, one between, and
one over; straps over all.
Charlie
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