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polishpilot 03-19-2013 08:27 PM

Hey, I hung mine Friday also. Pretty soon there will be so many RV's flying you won't be able to count them!! Good job.

polishpilot 03-19-2013 08:28 PM

I'm catching up with you, Bruce. I hung my engine last Friday and am sitting on my wheels.
Jim

rockwoodrv9 03-19-2013 08:41 PM

Jim,
Nice to see you got your engine on and on the wheels. I may have jumped the gun because I don't have my panel done yet and it is a PAIN working on the interior. I put the wheels on little HF dollys so I can move the plane around easier and that makes it 4" higher. I may take the gear off and put it back on the fuselage cart I have. I hate using a ladder to get in!

airguy 03-20-2013 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rockwoodrv9 (Post 754137)
Jim,
Nice to see you got your engine on and on the wheels. I may have jumped the gun because I don't have my panel done yet and it is a PAIN working on the interior. I put the wheels on little HF dollys so I can move the plane around easier and that makes it 4" higher. I may take the gear off and put it back on the fuselage cart I have. I hate using a ladder to get in!

Precisely why mine is still sitting on the gear legs without the wheels - I can still work on it without using a stepstool, but just barely. Any higher (gear and/or dollys) and everything I do would need a stepstool.

Rupester 03-20-2013 08:45 AM

Accessing Interior when on the wheels ...
 
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Originally Posted by airguy (Post 754239)
Any higher (gear and/or dollys) and everything I do would need a stepstool.

I tore apart my engine shipping crate and refabbed the 2x4s into two solid, heavy, step stools that are more like small benches w/ no backs. They allowed me to work comfortably on either side of the airplane w/o having to make like a ballerina-on-a-step-stool or strain to access the interior. Each "bench" was ~18 -20" high, about 2 ft deep and 3 ft+ long. Now they're at my hangar and VERY handy for a myriad of uses .... especially as makeshift workbenches.


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