Tony Petrone
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Can a RV7 be jack up from the tie down points on the bottom of the wing?
I made a couple of these, and used some smoothed-off grade 8 carriage bolts in the wing tie-down mounts as jack points.
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Same here , only thing to be cautious of is the amount of fuel ahead of your jack points if you do both sides at once , center of gravity will have you doing a nose stand as the tail comes up on conventional gear A/C ! How do I know this ��
I made a couple of these, and used some smoothed-off grade 8 carriage bolts in the wing tie-down mounts as jack points.
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I just used these to jack a -8 and a -9a. I tied an old car jack to the tail for weight and only lifted one wing at a time just enough to get the wheel off. The wing jack was a harbor freight bottle jack propped up on some 4x4 cribbing that was screwed together for stability. The jack had a divot drilled into the jack pad for these points to go into so the plane didn’t slide off.
Hi Tom, I have the Baron jacks and they fit under the wing .I just wanted to make sure that the tie down ring was the proper place to jack the plane. Thanks Tony
I’ve been flying my plane for a few months but now it’s time to match drill my wheel pants and get them square, etc. I can envision this taking a fair amount of time, and once started, I don’t want to move the plane after I’ve marked the centerline, etc. ……
Do I need to be concerned with jacking the plane so the mains are off the ground and leaving it there for an extended period of time using only the wing tiedowns while I’m getting everything done? Oh, yeah, and it’s also full of fuel at the moment.
Thoughts? No big deal? The wing tie downs are designed for this? Or do I really need to let it rest on a sawhorse or something similar under the fuse at the spar so the entire weight of the plane isn’t supported by only the wing tiedown points?
Thanks for any advice.
Went years using a wing jack for my RV's then I bought these and will never go back.
http://www.wintermotorsports.com/jackpoints
I made a couple of these, and used some smoothed-off grade 8 carriage bolts in the wing tie-down mounts as jack points.
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Mac - are the those tabs welded to the jack reservoir can?
These tabs, Mac - - it is a little fuzzy when zoomed but can not firmly say if that is a sleeve or welded to the jack. Sorry, I responded to a 2021 post.
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