Matt,
This is purely an opinion, not based on
any facts.
Don’t do it! None of the FWF
material is designed to support the weight of the entire plane. Something will
bend or break and you may not even know it.
Bill B
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Matt losangeles
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011
2:17 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] moving Legacy on
the Crankshaft?
I have a
question, do you think it would be possible to damage my engine if I lifted the
legacy from the crankshaft and tail section, rotated it 45 degrees and moved it
down a driveway? It would be on the rotisserie but the engine mount and engine
would be installed, I would need to move it from the backyard to the frontyard
down a narrow (less than 10ft wide) pathway. If it is at a 45 degree angle it
will fit. I figure I should be able to make something to connect the crankshaft
to the rotisserie and lift/rotate it. Does anyone see a problem with this? Can
the rotisserie take the weight? Could this bend my crankshaft?
Any opinions?
Has anyone done this and not broken their airplane?