Hi Jim,
We use the wooden jacking block when we just need to remove the wheel.
When working on the gear (and needing to retract it) we put blocks
under the wings at the spar locations. We first remove the tailplanes
and put saw horses under the tailplane torque tubes to level the plane.
We then tie weights to the tail wheel to keep the tail down once the
plane is resting on the wing spars. We then jack the plane up with the
jacking block and put the blocks under the wings, with blue foam pieces
touching the wing skin to minimize scratches, etc. We can then lower
the jack, leaving the plane on the wing blocks. The weight on the tail
is necessary because the plane will be nose heavy (stable in pitch) when
resting on blocks at the center of lift.
Regards,
Terry Seaver
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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:30 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Monowheel Support
We discovered our monowheel tire is flat yesterday. We have a fixture
like Terry Steaver's to jack up the airplane. In the past when we have
put blocks under the spars near the fuselage to support the airplane
with the wheel off, the wings don't sit flat on them (tailwheel on the
ground) and the support seems unstable (like the wings want to slide off
the rear of the blocks). How do others support their airplane with the
wheel off for maintenance?
Thanks
Jim & Heather
N241BW
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