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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:18 am    Post subject: Transporting a Firefly Reply with quote
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Got me thinking...gonna transport my Firefly... I cut the top
from a sailplane trailer...and made a dolly for the boom tube...it
rolls in tracks that were already in the trailer...Will need to add
some height to make an air dam for the tail feathers and
wing...Will also add some support for the wings toward the rear...
Towing the plane backwards...


wondering how far toward the front of the plane to set the boom
support? Herb

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:37 am    Post subject: Transporting a Firefly Reply with quote
I would right next to the stabilzers. I would also recommend putting something under each main gear tire to absorb shocks from pot holes and tar strips.

Rick Girard

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 Got me thinking...gonna transport my Firefly... I cut the top from a sailplane trailer...and made a dolly for the boom tube...it rolls in tracks that were already in the trailer...Will need to add some height to make an air dam for the tail feathers and wing...Will also add some support for the wings toward the rear... Towing the plane backwards...


 wondering how far toward the front of the plane to set the boom support?  Herb


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:49 am    Post subject: Transporting a Firefly Reply with quote
Herb,

Are you hauling your Firefly on the road? Soaring is filled with stories of sailplanes arriving at their destination with instrument needles in the bottom of the dials. Can you remove your panel? If not, make sure that your plane is sprung to absorb road shock. Can your folding wing hinges handle road shock? Would they be safer in cradles? You have to prep a plane to go over the road.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:10 pm    Post subject: Transporting a Firefly Reply with quote
The boom support should be directly under the folded wing support on the boom.

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Herb <herbgh(at)nctc.com> wrote:

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> Got me thinking...gonna transport my Firefly... I cut the top
> from a sailplane trailer...and made a dolly for the boom tube...it
> rolls in tracks that were already in the trailer...Will need to add
> some height to make an air dam for the tail feathers and
> wing...Will also add some support for the wings toward the rear...
> Towing the plane backwards...
wondering how far toward the front of the plane to set the boom
support? Herb


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