Dave;
I have an engine hoist stand and I use that to swing the gear.
Just hook the cable to the motor support or to the landing gear frame and
hoist up the front of the aircraft until the tire comes off the floor. I then
support the aircraft under the spar on each side of the fuselage, close to the
body. Once it is stable, I then can swing the gear as needed.
Jim Brown
N398JB
DJA727@aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Now that I am done with the airplane -- just about - I have to figure a
> different way of jacking it to swing the gear. I have been bolting through
> the fuselage, but now that I have paint on it (a good way to describe the
> quality of my paint job!) I cannot jack it that way.
>
> What are most people doing to jack their airplanes? I have seen motorcycle
> jacks under the fuselage (can't figure the way to support that without
> damaging the structure) and maybe under the wing spars - inboard (that would
> need to be secure from slipping onto the skin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> A227
> mini U2
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