Dave,
How about placing deflated inner tubes under the fuse and
blowing them up. Rescue people use air bags to pick up vehicles.
John, A230 Tri
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From: <DJA727@aol.com>
Subject: Jacking the airplane
> Hi,
>
> Now that I am done with the airplane -- just about - I have to figure a
> different way of jacking it to swing the gear. I have been bolting through
> the fuselage, but now that I have paint on it (a good way to describe the
> quality of my paint job!) I cannot jack it that way.
>
> What are most people doing to jack their airplanes? I have seen motorcycle
> jacks under the fuselage (can't figure the way to support that without
> damaging the structure) and maybe under the wing spars - inboard (that
would
> need to be secure from slipping onto the skin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> A227
> mini U2
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