vinzer
Well Known Member
Hi all !
I finally reached the point when my wings are on and my big fan is spinning.
My hangar is a bit non-standard with the second floor-crash pad area on top of the half of the space. With the same time the ceiling height under the second floor is under 8', which was enough to feet thee tail of DA-20, DA-40 and even PA28-235 with little effort.
Now its time to fit there my RV10 and I am short of about a 25" which is ALOT.
Thee only way of fitting my airplane in to this tight vertical space is by lifting the nose wheel. When I lift it by ~6"-7" my tail goes in with the safe margin.
I need your brains to help me to find thee correct solution for nose wheel lifting. This solution should be:
1. Simple to attach outside of a hangar
2. Should have own wheels (like a dolly)
3. Should be relatively inexpensive and simple.
I was thinking about something like this:
Vevor Dolly
however because our nose wheel on 10 model is small this probably won't work. I even tried one similar jack-dolly and it does not fit.
Now I am thinking about some sort of a metal platee-platform which has a S shape profile. Bottom plate goes under the wheel while top is attached to a hydraulic jack. This jack is also on the small platform with 4 wheels.
After taxing to hangar while outside I lift the nose wheel with jack, lock the platform with steel pin (for safety) and then push airplane inside with tail down-nose up.
Do you have any idea or possibly someone has similar solution already implemented ?
Thank you for your suggestions. This is the only holding me now from attaching my vertical stab and rudder.
I finally reached the point when my wings are on and my big fan is spinning.
My hangar is a bit non-standard with the second floor-crash pad area on top of the half of the space. With the same time the ceiling height under the second floor is under 8', which was enough to feet thee tail of DA-20, DA-40 and even PA28-235 with little effort.
Now its time to fit there my RV10 and I am short of about a 25" which is ALOT.
Thee only way of fitting my airplane in to this tight vertical space is by lifting the nose wheel. When I lift it by ~6"-7" my tail goes in with the safe margin.
I need your brains to help me to find thee correct solution for nose wheel lifting. This solution should be:
1. Simple to attach outside of a hangar
2. Should have own wheels (like a dolly)
3. Should be relatively inexpensive and simple.
I was thinking about something like this:
Vevor Dolly
however because our nose wheel on 10 model is small this probably won't work. I even tried one similar jack-dolly and it does not fit.
Now I am thinking about some sort of a metal platee-platform which has a S shape profile. Bottom plate goes under the wheel while top is attached to a hydraulic jack. This jack is also on the small platform with 4 wheels.
After taxing to hangar while outside I lift the nose wheel with jack, lock the platform with steel pin (for safety) and then push airplane inside with tail down-nose up.
Do you have any idea or possibly someone has similar solution already implemented ?
Thank you for your suggestions. This is the only holding me now from attaching my vertical stab and rudder.