I am planning to move my fuselage to the airport in a couple of weeks and have an 18' flatbed trailer lined up but was having trouble visualizing a safe way to secure the plane to the trailer. So I called Tony Partain, who is in the plane moving business, for suggestions. One of the things discussed was false spars.
This seems logical to me since the stresses of tying down an airplane are transmitted to the fuslage through the wing spars.
Here is what I came up with, 2 each, cut from a piece of 3/4 inch plywood:
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and installed...
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The fuselage will have the engine installed so will be at full weight. We only have about 18 miles of smooth road to cover but don't want to take chances of damaging anything. We will also utilize the nose gear tow ring and the tail tie down ring to keep the ends from flipping up and down.
If anyone has experience with this, or can offer suggestions for securing to a trailer, please jump in.
I'll post pictures of the move in the "Status" thread.
Tony
This seems logical to me since the stresses of tying down an airplane are transmitted to the fuslage through the wing spars.
Here is what I came up with, 2 each, cut from a piece of 3/4 inch plywood:
[url=http://tonytessitore.smugmug.com/RV-12-Project-N577RV/RV-12-Tools-Work-Fixtures/7992519_GYr3k#802637076_bc2Cr-A-LB]
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and installed...
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The fuselage will have the engine installed so will be at full weight. We only have about 18 miles of smooth road to cover but don't want to take chances of damaging anything. We will also utilize the nose gear tow ring and the tail tie down ring to keep the ends from flipping up and down.
If anyone has experience with this, or can offer suggestions for securing to a trailer, please jump in.
I'll post pictures of the move in the "Status" thread.
Tony