Andrew,
Without the flaps and ailerons attached I was able to lift the wing by myself
and
move it about the workshop. I always had a cradle mount at both ends around
the leading edge in case I wanted to put it down. However they were light enough
to lift if you centred yourself at the right position and they were the old
style wings fill up blue foam!! The new ones would be lighter I would think.
I used to put them on saw horses with blue foam underneath and turn them over by
tilting them vertical on the leading edge on the horses and then shift them
to one end and lower them onto the other side.
I had to do this as my children are too young to help and my wife was feed up
with
the project anyway so asking her did not create good vibs!!
Cheers,
Tim
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> From: Andrew Sarangan <asarangan@YAHOO.COM>
> Date: 2004/12/29 Wed PM 02:49:37 GMT+13:00
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Europa-List: Can one person maneuver the wings in the shop?
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> Just looking for ideas on how I can maneuver the wings during
> construction. I have a wing-caddy, but lifting the wing from the shop
> table to the caddy needs an extra pair of hands. I also need to flip
> the wings over, tilt them etc.. to work on different parts. I was
> thinking of suspending from the ceiling, but there doesn't seem to be a
> clear attach points on the wings. Any ideas are appreciated.
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