Martin:
The few times I've pulled it onto the trailer I have had good assistance
---From bystanders. You could make a couple of ramps to sturdy the
outriggers/wings during this prosess. To measure the hight lift the
tailwheel onto the rail, wings level, measure the distance between outrigger
wheel and ground, add the small hight up to the mainweel platform and you
have the ramp hight. These ramps are also great when removing the first
wing as it sturdies the rest of the assembly without too much rocking
sideways. (But you do need help to pull the wings and place them on the
trailer anyway!)
Remember, the main landing gear frame is locked to sturdy the fuselage when
the ramp is pulled up and enclosing the wheel, but for transport I've always
used ropes to tie the fuselage sideways to the trailer structure. Otherwise,
the main landing gear frame will be subjected to a lot of strain from
sideways rocking of the fuselage.
Hope this helps.
Hans
.----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Tuck" <MJKTuck@cs.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Electric winch or hand crank?
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> I couple of other e-mails also indicate that it is safe to pull on the
> tail-wheel axle so I think that is how I will go. You mentioned you have a
> hand crank - which has you at the 'working end'. How do you stabilize the
> wings if no-one is there to help?
>
> Martin
>
> On 8/30/2011 2:38 PM, Hans J. Danielsen wrote:
>>
>> Hi Martin.
>>
>> A little late, but here goes: I use a hand crank to pull the airplane
>> onto the trailer. The winch was pulled from an obsolete boat trailer and
>> mounted just in front of the tailwheel rail - close to the attach-handle.
>> Made a short piece of wire with an eye at both ends to fit around the
>> protruding ends of the tailwheel axle. I hook the winch wire on to this
>> small loop and simply crank the airplane home. Works a treat.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Hans
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Tuck" <MJKTuck@cs.com>
>> To: "Europa Builders Forum" <europa-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:10 AM
>> Subject: Europa-List: Electric winch or hand crank?
>>
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>>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I think I asked this question before but I couldn't have kept the
>>> responses.
>>>
>>> Someone recommended a electric powered winch to pull my monowheel onto
>>> its trailer. I've read some reviews on Amazon but there are
>>> diametrically opposed views on how good a job they do. The main
>>> complaint being how slow they are or not very well built.
>>>
>>> Ideally I would want one with a remote but I can't seem to find one with
>>> a wireless remote, some have a wired remote but the cable seems too
>>> short as I want to hold onto the wingtip to keep it level while the
>>> winch does it's thing.
>>>
>>> Alternatively I could keep it simple and use a hand crank - but the
>>> wings will need to be kept level. I have made some attachments which
>>> help some but once the tipping momentum gets going on side or the other
>>> my hinged spring legs give way. You guys that use a trailer all time
>>> must be using something. It takes me a good 30 mins to get everything up
>>> on the trailer and seemingly a lot of physical strength - not good when
>>> temps are in the 80s and 90s.
>>>
>>> Also, when cranking what is the best thing to attach the cable to? Cable
>>> round the axle on the side opposite to the brake came to mind. Not sure
>>> I would want to pull on the tailwheel although that seems an obvious
>>> choice.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Not much flying this summer - we have had 45 days of 100+ F temps in
>>> Wichita so far this year. The record is 50 days. Today was 106 deg F.
>>> Phew!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Martin Tuck
>>> N152MT
>>> Wichita, Kansas
>>>
>>>
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