Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #32581
From: Dan O'Brien <limadelta@gmail.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Anyone know where Dan got these jacks?
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:52:51 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
I do the following to jack up the mains on my ES when the wings are off.  Put a 4-by-4 through the shear box under the wing bolts.  On the side you want to raise, remove the gear leg fairing to expose the under-side of the 4-by-4 near the wing bolts.  Secure a jack to the 4-by-4 (e.g., make a hole that will fit whatever jack you use) and jack it up.  Works great.  No jack points.  With the wings on, the same procedure will work with a block of wood placed in the opening to the shear box under the spar.

To raise the nose, I use downward pressure (well distributed via shot bags) on the tail.  It takes quite a bit of weight to do this, but it works.  Just block the wheels off so the plane doesn't want to move.  These strategies work for me.
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