Maintenance Tail Stand for Tail Draggers

[mr.sun]

I use an office chair with the back removed. Padded seat rests under the aft fuselage just forward of tailwhel stinger. Perfect height for tailwhel maintenance.

[mv031161]

Originally Posted by kinger

I can do tailwheel maintenance at the same time too.


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[newt]

For tail wheel maintenance, I just rest the stinger on an upturned milk crate

- mark

[ao.frog]

I have made a tailstand from wood, and it was a fairly simple task:






I've made it so two of the aft bulkheads rest on the stand.
To lift the tail up and down, I use a Tailmate:









This makes servicing the tailwheel very easy:






Also; when I work inside the fuse (annual for example), it's easier for me when the fuse is level, so I use the tailstand on those occations too.

[alpinelakespilot2000]

We seem to be combining apples and oranges here. We're talking about two things that serve different purposes.

As someone above mentioned, the tail lifter should be used just to lift the tail. It can be handy because lifting the tail up high with the rudder in the way can be tough. Good for minor maintenance, changing the oil if your sump drain would benefit, or when you need to level the fuselage for some reason.

If, on the other hand, you want to do work on the tailwheel itself or do anything where you might be climbing into the aircraft, then something more substantial should be used. It need not be anything complicated, however. Just throw a saw horse under the stinger or one of the aft bulkheads and be done with it.