Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Ugh!


Well after carefully measuring the landing gear to make sure it would fit on the trailer, it became clear while loading for the first time that I failed to account for the folding wing. All the tracks will have to be raised four and a half inches. So here's the new plan. I'm going to fill in the center track and make a solid deck and then cut down a 5x5 to be 4 1/2" on one side to use as a spacer for the side tracks on the left. It's frustrating how much lost work and time went into making that center track so low.
Unfortunately, the folded wings also stick up over 10' tall on the trailer. I guess my best fix will be to put a block under the front wheel once the plane is loaded to drop the back wings.







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