X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.46] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 928449 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:11:21 -0500 Received: from verizon.net ([71.99.171.232]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IT700B790X13X40@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:10:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:10:04 -0500 From: Finn Lassen Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Anatomy of an almost crash. In-reply-to: To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-id: <43CBC55C.1080807@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=------------080703020107010303000308 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080703020107010303000308 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hauled my RV-3 back and forth to the airport in a 21 (?) foot U-haul truck. Wings tied to the rails along the walls. Tail section parts on the shelf over drivers cabin. Takes a bit of umph to get the main wheels over the wheel boxes. Need two ramps. I had a couple of long 6x6's I used. If you remove the wheel pants a guy on each tire can grab the tires and roll it up the ramps and over the whel boxes. You could use a come-along, but I found that grabbing the main wheels (and have a couple of blocks to put behind them for a rest) gave better control. Definitely need a third person to grab the tail. Tail wheel spring was sticking out past the back door. Bring plenty of padding and rope or straps. Suggest you go to U-haul place and measure to see if the RV-6 will fit. Finn David Leonard wrote: > I plan to rent some kind of truck next weekend and drive up, remove > the wings, and bring the plane home. It will remain in our garage for > the next 8 months while I deploy to Iraq. (Suggestions or offers for > use of an adequate truck or trailer would be much appreciated). This > will also give me a chance to paint the plane and do a lot of the > finishing touches that will be easier to do at home than at the > airport. Obviously I will need to rebuild the engine as well, but that > is a relatively minor issue. > > > --------------080703020107010303000308 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hauled my RV-3 back and forth to the airport in a 21 (?) foot U-haul truck.
Wings tied to the rails along the walls.
Tail section parts on the shelf over drivers cabin.
Takes a bit of umph to get the main wheels over the wheel boxes.

Need two ramps. I had a couple of long 6x6's I used.
If you remove the wheel pants a guy on each tire can grab the tires and roll it up the ramps and over the whel boxes.
You could use a come-along, but I found that grabbing the main wheels (and have a couple of blocks to put behind them for a rest) gave better control. Definitely need a third person to grab the tail.
Tail wheel spring was sticking out past the back door.

Bring plenty of padding and rope or straps.

Suggest you go to U-haul place and measure to see if the RV-6 will fit.

Finn

David Leonard wrote:

I plan to rent some kind of truck next weekend and drive up, remove the wings, and bring the plane home. It will remain in our garage for the next 8 months while I deploy to Iraq. (Suggestions or offers for use of an adequate truck or trailer would be much appreciated). This will also give me a chance to paint the plane and do a lot of the finishing touches that will be easier to do at home than at the airport. Obviously I will need to rebuild the engine as well, but that is a relatively minor issue.


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