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1. 06:58 AM - Re: Throttle/Mixture/Prop Firewall Location (James H Nelson)
2. 10:11 AM - hauling fuselage to hangar (tom sargent)
3. 10:38 AM - Re: hauling fuselage to hangar (linn Walters)
4. 11:33 AM - Re: hauling fuselage to hangar (Rick Galati)
5. 02:57 PM - Re: hauling fuselage to hangar (mark phipps)
6. 08:29 PM - Re: hauling fuselage to hangar (Chris Hand)
7. 08:33 PM - Re: hauling fuselage to hangar (Vince Himsl)
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| Subject: | Re: Throttle/Mixture/Prop Firewall Location |
Dwight,
I used the throttle position given by Van's as it was good. I
used the mixture cable I got from Van's but it was a bit short. I forgot
that you can get a longer one. I did use it and I ran it through the
fire wall inset on the lower left corner and curved it downward past the
fuel pump and down to a custom termination bracket mounted to the upper
mount on the AFP mount. The mount was pieced together with parts from
AFP and welded. Look at my web site and I think I have some pix on the
instillation.
www.websites.expercraft.com/jimn
Jim
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| Subject: | hauling fuselage to hangar |
Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's
landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar. I have heard
that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with
a hydraulically tilt-able bed. That involves winching the thing up the
inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the
bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.
My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the
plane up onto the truck? My guess is to wrap it around the lower
portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.
Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea? What's better?
Thanks,
--
Tom Sargent, RV-6A
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| Subject: | Re: hauling fuselage to hangar |
You shouldn't have much of a problem just pushing the airplane up on the
tilt-bed ..... well, depending on how much it tilts!!!
Last christmas we put my Pitts on a 'kneeling' trailer for the Christmas
parade by just having a few bodies to push and pull. I screwed down
2X4s as chocks and then used ratchet straps from the wheels to the edge
of the trailer.
Good luck!!!
Linn
do not archive.
tom sargent wrote:
>
> Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's
> landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar. I have heard
> that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind
> with a hydraulically tilt-able bed. That involves winching the thing
> up the inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then
> righting the bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.
>
> My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the
> plane up onto the truck? My guess is to wrap it around the lower
> portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.
>
> Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea? What's better?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Tom Sargent, RV-6A
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: hauling fuselage to hangar |
sarg314(at)comcast.net wrote:
> .....I have heard
> that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with
> a hydraulically tilt-able bed........My question is, where do you attach the
rope/nylon strap to pull the
> plane up onto the truck?.........
Tom,
I did not use a winch to roll the RV-6A up the tow truck ramp. That's me with a
towbar at the front pulling while my helper was alongside pushing.
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Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 8766#208766
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| Subject: | Re: hauling fuselage to hangar |
Tom, The flat bed tow trusk works quite well. I put some simulated wooden w
ing spars in from the construction phase and had helpers push it up from th
ere, worked very well. Also I felt better having a vehicle in front and beh
ind during the transport to ensure that rear end collisions were controlled
and other vehicles were kept a safe distance.
-
Mark Phipps, RV6A, "Gypsy Spirit" flying 200 hours
--- On Tue, 10/14/08, tom sargent <sarg314@comcast.net> wrote:
From: tom sargent <sarg314@comcast.net>
Subject: RV-List: hauling fuselage to hangar
Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's
landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar. I have heard
that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with
a hydraulically tilt-able bed. That involves winching the thing up the
inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the
bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.
My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the
plane up onto the truck? My guess is to wrap it around the lower
portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.
Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea? What's better?
Thanks,
--
Tom Sargent, RV-6A
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| Subject: | Re: hauling fuselage to hangar |
Tom,
I've heard the flat bed tow truck works well. I didn't go that route though
as I'd already moved my RV-6A fuselage cross country in a 26' U-Haul truck
so had the ramps ready to go and knew it would work well. Wasn't too
expensive either, but for in-town rental they usually give you the crappy
(i.e. don't trust it to go far) trucks vice the pretty nice / newer one I
was able to get for the longer move.
I used a group of about 5 friends to wheel the plane up and down the ramps.
Probably not much different than what you'd need for flat bed truck ramp if
you didn't use a winch.
Just offer that up as an alternative. Photos of what I did are at links
below.
Final move to airport (approx 35 mile freeway ride):
http://rv6aproject.ckhand.com/finishingStages/MoveToAirport/moveToAirportPg1.htm
Move from WA to CA (about 800 mile mostly freeway ride):
http://rv6aproject.ckhand.com/MovingTheRV/WA-to-CAmove.htm
Chris Hand
RV-6A, ready for final inspection.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom sargent" <sarg314@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:10 AM
Subject: RV-List: hauling fuselage to hangar
>
> Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's
> landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar. I have heard that
> a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with a
> hydraulically tilt-able bed. That involves winching the thing up the
> inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the
> bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.
>
> My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the plane
> up onto the truck? My guess is to wrap it around the lower portion of the
> engine mount where the nose gear attaches.
>
> Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea? What's better?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Tom Sargent, RV-6A
>
>
>
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| Subject: | hauling fuselage to hangar |
Hello,
This is how I did it (picture below).
Let me know if the picture doesn't make it. The video is over 30meg so I
just pasted a screen shot. I hired a local towing outfit. The driver was the
expert and I pretty much followed his advice. I am really not doing much as
he had it under control.
The tilt bed is a no brainer. Mine is a tail dragger so your connection
points will be different, again the driver should have a good idea about
that. You possibly could tape a dolly or wheel onto the tail of your plane
to make it a tail dragger for a day. Then attached the straps as shown. Oh
the towing outfit had an electric winch. It was soo nice hiring out this
part of the project that I cannot recommend any other way.
The guy that hauled my RV8 was so thrilled to be hauling an airplane that he
gave me a break on the price.
Vince H.
RV8 - Finish
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[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of tom sargent
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: RV-List: hauling fuselage to hangar
Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's
landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar. I have heard
that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with
a hydraulically tilt-able bed. That involves winching the thing up the
inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the
bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.
My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the
plane up onto the truck? My guess is to wrap it around the lower
portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.
Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea? What's better?
Thanks,
--
Tom Sargent, RV-6A
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