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other trailer woes - wing damage on long trip

Subject: other trailer woes - wing damage on long trip
From: Rowland & Wilma Carson <rowil@clara.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:08:50
By coincidence, just before downloading and reading tonight's 
messages including the ones about trailer wheel-bearing problems, I 
was speaking on the phone to a potential Europa Club member who 
reported another trailer problem.

He's just bought a completed flying Europa from a builder in 
Scotland, and trailered it down to south Wales via Yorkshire & 
Derbyshire (maybe 3-400 miles?). The rig ran true and gave good 
handling, but on arrival home he found that both wing leading edges 
had been damaged by chafing; one had really just paint scuffs, but 
the other leading edge is deformed and will need repair. He was using 
the standard UK factory trailer, bought with the aircraft, and while 
he had added extra soft packing around the fuselage for the long 
journey, he hadn't thought to do the same for the wings. I was not 
aware that this might be a problem, or I'd have warned him about it 
when we spoke on various matters before his purchase.

Hope this helps someone else take appropriate precautions - does 
anyone have good advice on how to set up the factory trailer for 
arduous trips?

regards

Rowland
           ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...



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