---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 10/14/08: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:58:59 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Throttle/Mixture/Prop Firewall Location From: James H Nelson 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 ____________________________________________________________ Get the sign you need for the impact you want. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oB4gFumvTtfCfboZkLD3DuNRljtPkV9YSjtUYDjLE9u47k3/ ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:11:58 AM PST US From: tom sargent 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:38:09 AM PST US From: linn Walters Subject: Re: RV-List: 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 > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:33:47 AM PST US Subject: RV-List: Re: hauling fuselage to hangar From: "Rick Galati" 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. (http://imageshack.us) (http://imageshack.us) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 8766#208766 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 02:57:30 PM PST US From: mark phipps Subject: Re: RV-List: 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 wrote: From: tom sargent 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 =0A=0A=0A ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 08:29:13 PM PST US From: "Chris Hand" Subject: Re: RV-List: 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" 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 > > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:33:35 PM PST US From: "Vince Himsl" Subject: RE: RV-List: 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 -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com [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? 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