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lhaggerty(at)tampabay.rr. Guest
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:48 am Post subject: Tailboom Dolly |
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I would appreciate any Tailboom dolly designs at I can use to manuver my Fire Fly about the hanger while the wings are folded. Pete
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: Tailboom Dolly |
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From: "lhaggerty" <lhaggerty(at)tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:39:08 -0500
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Pete,
My solution, see:
http://jackbhart.com/firefly/firefly08a.html
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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NeilsenRM(at)comcast.net Guest
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:55 am Post subject: Tailboom Dolly |
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Pete
Attached is a photo of a wood dolly that I built (under construction) specifically for holding the tail and wings in my trailer. You could make a wider base with caster wheels and not clamp the fuselage tube as I did for trailer use.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject: Tailboom Dolly |
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Pete C
I did a search in my "PICTURES" folder and found the file that has several of the tailboom dolley photos C including a couple of the construction phase and close-ups.
If you decided to build something as elablorate as my tailboom dolley C let me know C and I'll forward the file to you.
Mike Welch
MkIII
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Subject: Tailboom Dolly
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I would appreciate any Tailboom dolly designs at I can use to manuver my Fire Fly about the hanger while the wings are folded. Pete
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Thom Riddle

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 1597 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Tailboom Dolly |
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When I was flying an early firestar and folding the wings for each flight, I built a wooden dolly that also supported the wings up high over the tail wires so I wouldn't have to fold the tail for each flight. It saved enough time to make it worthwhile. Photo attached.
The photo doesn't show this but I held the wings in place with a hose that fitted over the aileron balance tubes on one end and bungeed the other end together with a wrap of foam rubber around the boom where the wings made contact.
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Thom Riddle

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 1597 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Tailboom Dolly |
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When I was flying an early firestar and folding the wings for each flight, I built a wooden dolly that also supported the wings up high over the tail wires so I wouldn't have to fold the tail for each flight. It saved enough time to make it worthwhile. Photo attached.
The photo doesn't show this but I held the wings in place with a hose that fitted over the aileron balance tubes on one end and bungeed the other end together with a wrap of foam rubber around the boom where the wings made contact.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:56 am Post subject: Tailboom Dolly |
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Pete –
For tailboom support ideas, check out George Alexander’s excellent Kolb website. He’s done a good job of collecting pictures of the various ideas from our Kolb List members. (sorry – I do not have the URL handy right now …)
Dennis Kirby
New Mexico
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George Alexander

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 245 Location: SW Florida
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: Tailboom Dolly |
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Dennis et al:
New URL...... http://www.oh2fly.net
George
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Pete –
For tailboom support ideas, check out George Alexander’s excellent Kolb website. He’s done a good job of collecting pictures of the various ideas from our Kolb List members. (sorry – I do not have the URL handy right now …)
Dennis Kirby
New Mexico
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