Any writes:
<the aileron control system is tied in to this aperture.>
Yes but the top 60mm is clear - admittedly you can't operate the controls or
check flap operation.
<<The outboard portions of the landing gear frame's lower member, which the
swinging arm pivots on, is an ideal pick up for jacking the aircraft.>>
Maybe fine for an incomplete aircraft, but for a completed one the lower
cowling would have to come off with all that entails on radiators etc. ( or
holes cut in it) and for the Rotax the exhaust pipe conflicts on the port
side Lateral stabliity would be as bad as it is on the trailer with such a
narrow support base, though I suppose you would support the wings before
climbing in.
I have heard of jacking under the wing spars, with a suitable load spreading
platform has been used, which virtually does what the air does, so that
should be ok should it not ?
Graham C.
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