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h&jeuropa

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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:29 pm Post subject: Monowheel Support

We discovered our monowheel tire is flat yesterday.  We have a fixture like Terry Steaver's to jack up the airplane.   In the past when we have put blocks under the spars near the fuselage to support the airplane with the wheel off, the wings don't sit flat on them (tailwheel on the ground) and the support seems unstable (like the wings want to slide off the rear of the blocks).   How do others support their airplane with the wheel off for maintenance?



Thanks



Jim & Heather

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paul.the.aviator(at)gmail
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:22 pm Post subject: Monowheel Support

Hi Jim & Heather,



I use the same jacking block.  What I do is chock the tail wheel,

place blocks under the outriggers so the wings don't rock, and once I

pull the wheel off I have a thick block of wood that I place under the

swing arm.  I then lower the jack until the swing arm touches the

block.  Although it would be possible for it to "all fall over", I

generally find that this is stable enough.



How did you get out to your hanger this time of year, dog sled ?



Cheers,  Paul

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terrys(at)cisco.com
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:59 am Post subject: Monowheel Support

Hi Jim,



We use the wooden jacking block when we just need to remove the wheel.

   When working on the gear (and needing to retract it) we put blocks

under the wings at the spar locations.  We first remove the tailplanes

and put saw horses under the tailplane torque tubes to level the plane.

We then tie weights to the tail wheel to keep the tail down once the

plane is resting on the wing spars.  We then jack the plane up with the

jacking block and put the blocks under the wings, with blue foam pieces

touching the wing skin to minimize scratches, etc.  We can then lower

the jack, leaving the plane on the wing blocks.  The weight on the tail

is necessary because the plane will be nose heavy (stable in pitch) when

resting on blocks at the center of lift.



Regards,

Terry Seaver

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