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Mich48041

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I made a fuselage rotisserie so that I can turn the fuselage for installing wiring or controls. Only the firewall is supported. I have to lift and turn the aft end by hand. Although I can rotate the fuselage by myself, two people would make it easier. I thought about making something similar to support the aft end, but doing so would take time that could be spent building the airplane. If a person plans to do their own painting, being able to rotate it would make painting much easier. See pictures:
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Joe
 
Harbor freight has an engine stand for $50. You can use a piece of channel or angle and mount it to the mounting plate on the stand, and then to the tail attach nut plates on the tail.
 
very cool Joe....beats the **** out of climbing in and out all the time like I did...had I only had a clue.
 
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