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I have a neighbour who uses a hand held device that rolls the nosewheel. It sounds like a Black & Decker drill and about the size of a small vacuum cleaner. I originally thought it wasn't durable but he has used it on his Bonanza for the last six years I've been here and it works perfectly up the ramp to his hangar. The Legacy of course will be much lighter and I assume there would be a way to attach the device so that it rolls the nose wheel by friction. I don't have a website for details but if you want I can ask where he acquired the unit. Certainly simpler than a tug or a winch.

Paul Miller

Spruce Creek

Legacy N357V

On 14-Jan-09, at 5:02 PM, Michael Smith wrote:

I would be worried about using anything that I couldn’t override right on the spot (stiuck relay, crosstalk from another control, etc.) - a run away winch would pull your beautiful airplane right through the wall before you got to say “@#$%^” I have one in my hanger but never use it for that reason.

I did find this gizmo which I suppose you could use if you didn't need to reverse direction

http://www.amazon.com/SVAT-WRC100-Wireless-Indoor-Control/dp/B000HASE9C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1231805879&sr=1-3
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From: Robert Pastusek
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Subject: [LML] Re: tug for a legacy

Colyn wrote:
do you have a source for a 120V winch like that. I was just looking the other day. found some 12v with the pull-cable remote but no 120v.