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Old 12-21-2008, 10:38 AM
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Default Tip: Caster wheels for a small garage

I wanted to share my design of some casters I made for my rv-8. I have a 1 car garage so putting the plane up on wheels would prevent me from being able to slide the fuse from side-to-side. Plus, it makes the fuse a little lower to the ground and easier to continue to work on. I bought a 4' piece of AL angle at Home depot, cut to length, and bolted these casters on. each caster is rated to 250#. I had to re-drill the mounting holes as you may notice once I got it sitting on the gear. I also used a couple of extra washers to level the caster so that it would swivel easily. The axle is mounted on the inside so that I could use the stock AN4 bolt for this assembly.-Brad





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Old 12-21-2008, 01:35 PM
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Default Snow Mobile Dollies

A buddy of mine bought a cheap set of snow mobile dollies for the same purpose. That's the only use for them here in Alabama . Worked great.
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http://www2.northerntool.com/sportin...tem-124695.htm

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Old 12-21-2008, 09:16 PM
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That's nice. I don't have the landing gear installed yet so here's what I did:

2x4 with a slot cut out for the 5/8" axle to fit in and 2 hand truck wheels.
2x4s bolted vertically to the plywood that came installed in the spar slots on a QB fuse.
Vertical 2x4 tail stand bolted to the end of the fuse.




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Old 12-21-2008, 09:45 PM
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Dave,

This looks an awful lot like an early version that I had before I mounted the engine. Those Harbor Freight wheels are rated for only 300 pounds each however so I "doubled up" per side for the heavier RV-10. A short 5/8" thereaded rod connects the two wheels on each side.

I've drilled and mounted my main landing gear but if I leave them on, I would not be able to exit my work area. Until I move out of my current work area, I will leave them on my 2X4 main landing gear.

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Old 12-22-2008, 09:12 PM
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Dave,

This looks an awful lot like an early version that I had before I mounted the engine. Those Harbor Freight wheels are rated for only 300 pounds each however so I "doubled up" per side for the heavier RV-10. A short 5/8" thereaded rod connects the two wheels on each side.

I've drilled and mounted my main landing gear but if I leave them on, I would not be able to exit my work area. Until I move out of my current work area, I will leave them on my 2X4 main landing gear.


I like the power-plug idea on the right main.
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Old 12-23-2008, 08:04 AM
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I like the power-plug idea on the right main.
My thoughts exactly!
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