I am going to change my tire and tube and was looking to recommendation for lifting aircraft to remove tire. I have a hoist-crane that I could lift at the engine or engine mount. Would that cause any
Hi Jerry, Another option for removing the monowheel wheel is a simple wood jacking block, as seen in the following Europa mods link; http://terryseaver.home.comcast.net/N135TD_mods.htm Look at the se
Whenever I need to work on the wheels, I push a suitable steel rod (not sure about the diameter) into the hub, and then put a jack underneath at the far end. To remove the wheel you move it outboard
Willie, Using a short 6x6, on top of a hydraulic floor jack it place the 6x6 just inboard of the leg and jack up one side at a time. Never had any problems with lifting this way... Jeff - Baby Blue
Hi all. For what its worth I always travel with my jacking block. I have had one incident where my tube blew out on landing at an airport away from my home base. It would have been very difficult to
Author: Carl Pattinson <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 19:30:09
The jacking block is a great idea but if you are without one there is another easy solution. Most jacks kits (aka Halfords) and calso ars come with foldable metal wheel chocks. Open out the chock as
How does anyone rate tyre inflation/sealing aerosols for emergency get-you-home application? They work quite well on motorcycles but are heavy, and pressurised of course, to carry with you. The tyre
I had a situation during our maiden flight: the tire was inflated couple of years ago and checked just before take off but after this happy flight we noticed it was almost empty! So, we completed our
I have a new spare can and weighted it: just 261 grams (=0,575 lbs). How does anyone rate tyre inflation/sealing aerosols for emergency get-you-home application? They work quite well on motorcycles b
For what it's worth, I remember hearing on a Monowheel you can remove starboard wing, starboard stabilator, put seat cushions under the fuse and roll plane on side and lift wheel off ground to fix fl