Distance from floor to wing tigh down

[Michael Wellenzohn]

Hi VAF

I am planning to weld a stand that will hold the jack to lift the airplane on one wing. As I am not at my RV-10 could someone please measure the distance from the floor to the lower wing surface where the hole for the tigh down ring goes in.

Kind regards
Michael

 

[Raiz]

Does your proposed jack stand have to go under the tie-down when the tire is flat?

 

[Michael Wellenzohn]

Good point, no it’s meant with inflated tires to change them.

Thanks
Michael

 

[Michael Wellenzohn]

Is there nobody at his/her hangar who could measure the distance please?

Regards
Michael

 

[Raiz]

Michael, my RV-10 is still in way too many bits to measure this but I've just looked at it on CAD. The theoretical height from the CAD is 897mm but you'll need to subtract from that something for compression in the tyres, the wings not being perfectly level and a fitting in the jacking point.

Hopefully someone will be along soon with a real measurement.