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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2023 12:19 pm    Post subject: winch Reply with quote

Anyone using an electric winch to assist in moving RV10 into a hangar? If so what have your experiences been? where to attach the line? etc.

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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2023 2:06 pm    Post subject: winch Reply with quote

Yes. Harbor Freight 12V remote controlled winch attached to floor of
hangar, used to pull plane in tail-first. Started out using a rope bridle
attached to both steps close to the fuselage penetrations, but later found
the tail tie down ring adequate for pulling it up a mild grade and on a
level floor. Using a tow bar to steer the nosewheel while this is going on


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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2023 8:35 am    Post subject: winch Reply with quote

I have also used the harbor freight winch for this, when it's too icy for a tug or pushing the plane in.
I got the 120V winch, and strapped a couple steel straps to it to form a "V".  I cut a 1'x1' square out
of my hangar floor, and dug it a foot deep, and embedded a large turnbuckle with an eyelit into it,
and concreted it in.  Now I have a removable floor eyelet that I can bolt that tip of the V to.
I extend the cable with a rope, so I can start outside the hangar.   You can use the built in
winch control, but I built an arduino-ish based controller that I can run from my iphone to
extend and retract the winch in incremental amounts.  Like 10 seconds, or 2 seconds or a few
variations.   That allows me to have it go a short distance and stop in case something is
getting out of whack before I hit the hangar.   I attach to the tail tiedown which is plenty strong
for a rolling load like this if you keep the area shoveled.  I steer with the towbar.

It would be pretty easy to cut and extend the control cable if you needed. 

Actually, to be more precise, I'm not using a winch but a hoist.  It is like this:
https://www.harborfreight.com/880-lb-electric-hoist-with-remote-control-62854.html

I didn't want to deal with batteries for something I rarely need.

Tim

On 5/21/2023 5:06 PM, Bill Boyd wrote:

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Yes. Harbor Freight 12V remote controlled winch attached to floor of hangar, used to pull plane in tail-first.  Started out using a rope bridle attached to both steps close to the fuselage penetrations, but later found the tail tie down ring adequate for pulling it up a mild grade and on a level floor.  Using a tow bar to steer the nosewheel while this is going on.

I typically push the plane in backwards by the prop blade roots and using the Bogart bar, but at times if it's too slippery or I'm feeling my age, I drag out the winch and do it the slow but easy way.


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