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Old 10-10-2016, 06:37 PM
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Default Removing wings without landing gear?

I won't go into detail why right now, but I am needing to pull the wings on my RV-6A and want to leave it on the landing gear. Is this possible? If so, how? I can't see it right now, so I need to ask. I know the -7A and up this is possible because of the design of the center sections. Need to know how it works on the -6A.

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Old 10-10-2016, 06:44 PM
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No! The -6A gear leg sockets bolt to and through the wing spars. To remove the wings, you need to support the fuselage high enough to remove the gear legs then unbolt the gear leg sockets and the rest of the bolts holding the spar from the fuselage.
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Old 10-10-2016, 06:47 PM
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That's what I was afraid of. Thanks. If anybody has a work-around, please let me know.
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Old 10-10-2016, 07:10 PM
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I think you could fabricated substitute spar "filler" of wood one metal that would be bolted into place once the wing is removed. You might use brass tube from a hobby shop to match drill the holes from the f604 to the substitute spar. The tube would be used to drill pilot holes that are centered but undersized on the f604 holes, then the part could be removed and the holes drilled to the correct size.
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I think if you support fuse on bottom pull wires from spar and planed a board same as spar installed and a couple bolts thur each bracket at the spar it would be fine.
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Old 10-10-2016, 07:32 PM
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Default thickness-planed wood spacers

... it's how you get a -6A on gear to the airport on a trailer - without a wide-load permit and a police escort

I have never needed to take the wings back off, but if I did I'd strap the mains together to prevent splay, pull the wings, insert a planed board as a spar substitute and match-drill in place, bolt up snug and you should be GTG. You fab the same thing during construction when the gear first goes on, as I recall, but it's been 20 years so the memory is imprecise.
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Old 10-10-2016, 07:44 PM
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Thanks all for the replies on and offline. I think we have a good solution figured out with all your help.
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Jesse, could you report back how it all worked out...... It might help others.
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I won't go into detail why right now, but I am needing to pull the wings on my RV-6A and want to leave it on the landing gear. Is this possible? If so, how? I can't see it right now, so I need to ask. I know the -7A and up this is possible because of the design of the center sections. Need to know how it works on the -6A.

Thanks in advance!
It can be done. I brought my 6A to the airport on the gear with 2X12's in place of the spar. I used the long HR bottle jack to lift the plane off the gear and set it back down onto a saw horse supporting the fuse at the location of the spar. I did not remove the gear legs from the sockets. I think that I needed a second support device to hold the fuse up once the first saw horse was in place. I believe that I had the other near the tail.

At this point, the gear towers cam move a bit. I don't think I even loosened the attach bolts on the fuse side, but I may have. You need an extra helper, as you need to have a hand on the gear tower as you slide the spar in. Taking the wing out should be much simpler.

You will need another saw horse to hold the remaining wing, once the first is removed, as it will want to tip. I used one of my kids in place of the saw horse. If you plan to put the plane back on the gear, you will need the sized and pre-drilled wood boards to take the load from the gear leags, as others have mentioned.

After installing the spar bolts, I swore I would sell the plane before removing the wings. If I had to remove them, I would leave it on the gear and follow the same procedure I used to install them.

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Old 10-12-2016, 11:53 AM
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"After installing the spar bolts, I swore I would sell the plane before removing the wings."

This. Absolutely.
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