An idea for a hangar lift....

[6 Gun]

why would you need a counter weight not used when you put a diesel truck on the lift with heavy eng. up front and light bed in rear.

[Texas Flyer]

Did anyone actually develop Doug's idea successfully?
Pics?
Any other ideas for less than $3k?
Someone have a used Aero-lift (taildragger) for sale?

[6ato14a]

Still wondering if anyone did this and has pictures?

[scsmith]

I was a bit slow at noticing how old this thread is.

A couple of thoughts:

1) a few folks suggested that counterweight and bracing not needed, given that cars are not often well balanced. But looking at this model lift, there is not much in the way of bracing or legs that could carry any moment reaction to the ground. So I hope people DO brace the towers to a wall appropriately. Beyond that the only question would be how much moment the sliding piece in the tower can tolerate without binding.

2) For those of us with T-hangars, it would be best to be able to push the tail between the towers until the towers are close to the wing trailing edge. Unfortunately, that puts the airplane CG farther from the towers, further aggravating the moment/balance problem.

[Johnnybgoode]

But I ended up being able to fit a Mooney and a -4 in my hangar through judicial offset of the Mooney (like right over against the wall) and backing the RV in with the tail sitting up on the wing of the Mooney on moving blankets. It's tight, and the floor space would be nice to have, but this way I'm only ever about 5 minutes from getting one or the other out and going flying. Oh, and it cost quite a bit less than installing a lift.
Patrick

[rolivi]

Originally Posted by Johnnybgoode

But I ended up being able to fit a Mooney and a -4 in my hangar through judicial offset of the Mooney (like right over against the wall) and backing the RV in with the tail sitting up on the wing of the Mooney on moving blankets. It's tight, and the floor space would be nice to have, but this way I'm only ever about 5 minutes from getting one or the other out and going flying. Oh, and it cost quite a bit less than installing a lift.
Patrick

Can you post a picture of this arrangement? Inquiring minds...

[F1R]

When planing hangar size and door placement and choosing what tenants AC might be most compatible I found it quite useful to make proper scale planform cut outs of the aircraft in consideration. If you have hangar blue prints just scale your AC planforms to the same. Photo copiers that have a % enlarge /decrease function are helpful with this, along with digital calipers and a calculator. Likewise it lets you quickly visualize various parking arrangements.

[dmat]

Did anyone ever find a picture of that J3 prop stand? I know someone who could fabricate but need a decent picture.

Thanks,
D