Hi! John.
I have a similar but sounds more simple type of wing trolly that you
describe and can rig my A/C on my own and with the aid of an electric winch
stow the fuselage in the covered trailer between the wings on my own too.
I've looked at the web page you recommended and the principle is the same
but my wing is completely surrounded by a carpet covered clamp which has a
pivot on the underside of the wing and the wheels can be dropped off with a
socket arrangement. The pivoting leg stays with the clamp and is therefore
stowed permanently on the port wing since it is the first to rig and last to
derig.( Only the wheels to stow separately)
If I had my time over, the position of the pivot would be nearer to the c of
g of the wing but it is useable as it is. If you need some dimensions let me
know. The trailer is to be seen on the photoshare pages.
Bob Harrison G-PTAG (Trike)
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Subject: Re: Europa-List: Trailers
................wing is rotated into the vertical, LE down. This is
done with a single bolt as a pivot. The wing could then be wheeled over to
the trailer and pinned into the wing dolly in the trailer. The wheeled stand
is then removed and the wing is stowed in the trailer in the manner I
described in my last post.
This was the slickest way of single handing a wing I've ever seen. The guy
that had this was able to single hand a wing for a 2 place glass ship with
ease, easily twice the weight of a Europa wing. I think the stand is
commercially available. The Europa is so sailplane like in the way it sets
up
it lends itself well to the gizmo's those guys already have figured out.
I'll
see if I can dig up some more info, pic's. etc.
Regards,
John Lawton
Dunlap, TN
A-245
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