N546RV
Well Known Member
Looking to hear what people have done to handle this. After a lot of year spent on sawhorses, I'm working on installing the main gear legs on my -8 this week. One of the things I'd like to get out of this is an airplane that can actually be moved around the hangar with relative ease.
Initially I'd thought to go ahead and get the wheels in place and roll the plane around like that, but looking through the manual there's a bit more involved with getting to that point than I'd figured. I suppose there's also the option of only installing the axles and not brakes/fairing brackets/etc, but that seems maybe like overkill for a temporary installation.
So I'm wondering if anyone has done something like other temporary main "wheels" or some such? My neighbor has his -8 legs sitting in little three-wheel cup dollies, but the small wheels seem likely to hang up on any tiny item on the floor, and they wouldn't be able to go over the lip out onto my ramp if I wanted to move that far. Another option might be to modify a couple furniture dollies I have on hand, but I have't put a ton of thought into that.
Any other ideas to share here?
Initially I'd thought to go ahead and get the wheels in place and roll the plane around like that, but looking through the manual there's a bit more involved with getting to that point than I'd figured. I suppose there's also the option of only installing the axles and not brakes/fairing brackets/etc, but that seems maybe like overkill for a temporary installation.
So I'm wondering if anyone has done something like other temporary main "wheels" or some such? My neighbor has his -8 legs sitting in little three-wheel cup dollies, but the small wheels seem likely to hang up on any tiny item on the floor, and they wouldn't be able to go over the lip out onto my ramp if I wanted to move that far. Another option might be to modify a couple furniture dollies I have on hand, but I have't put a ton of thought into that.
Any other ideas to share here?