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Old 08-14-2018, 04:37 PM
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Anyone successfully transport an A-model without removing the wings?

My 6A is still not completed but nearly so and the wings are on and "pardner, they're not comin off."

Anyway to transport a complete plane? I once saw a Piper Tomahawk get loaded with a crane and straps onto a tractor trailer rig and it went several hundred miles that way.

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Old 08-14-2018, 05:14 PM
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Ummm, maybe push the throttle in and pull back on the stick after a few seconds.

Otherwise, I'd think the wings are coming off one way or the other. Either by removing the bolts, or by knocking on some light poles.
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Old 08-14-2018, 05:39 PM
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It can be done, just costs lots of $$$.

Many years back four A-4 Skyhawks were moved to our Airpark from near the D-M boneyard (about 25 miles) and they came on flat bed trucks. The had the wings on and a span of 26.5 ft. They were moved in the middle of the night.

The -6 models are around 21 ft without wing tips on so it can be done.

A lot depends on your state's over size load rules and how narrow the roads you need to travel. If the Texas Flip and Move guys on TV can do it with whole houses, a RV-6 should be easy, just send money...
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Old 08-15-2018, 07:27 AM
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It all depends on how far, and how much you're willing to pay.

If you intend to do it legally and legitimately, I think you'll find it's going to be considerably cheaper to hire an A&P crew to come pull the wings for you, and put them back on, and then buy everybody a steak dinner afterward. Overwidth permits on the highways can get ugly in a hurry.

I pulled mine 3 miles down a county road from it's nest to a cropdusters paved strip for its first flight, behind a Polaris with a pickup in front and one in back with flashers - but that's a little different than what you're talking about I'm guessing.
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Old 08-22-2018, 10:54 AM
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As someone familiar with moving aircraft (think f-18, f-4, a10s..) it can be done depending on routes..etc
The cost would be enormous- permits, escorts, trucks, cranes, and a jig to hold the plane at an angle on the trailer (nose down, tail up, with the wings inline with trailer length.)
Add in the risk of damage during loading/transport and it makes taking the wings off an easy decision. It's a simple job, is there a major reason why you don't want to remove them?

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Old 08-22-2018, 11:16 AM
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It's been about a dozen years ago now but Larry, with the hanger across from mine, moved his assembled 6A from Clovis CA to Reedley CA (about 25 miles) on a flat bed. I forget how he had it positioned, but it was tilted in some way. He said it really wasn't a big deal.
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Old 08-22-2018, 12:55 PM
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Perhaps if you put the plane on a flatbed or similar with the nose pointing to the side, then lower the nose/raise the tail. Wings would be fore and aft on the truck. It might take a special jig to hold everything.

Basically an extreme nose-down position.
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Old 08-22-2018, 01:08 PM
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Old 08-23-2018, 08:03 AM
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Old 08-23-2018, 04:21 PM
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Why not remove one wing and load it diagonally on one of those flat bed car haulers. I bet you could get the width down to 8' that way. John
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