The trick is to make the plane 'fixed' to the trailer so that it bounces up
and down WITH the trailer and not ON it. IMHO the wing slings need to be
modified to be clam shell type devices so that they cannot move independent
of the trailer. I made the first one man Europa rigging system nearly five
years ago, which included 'clam shell' wing dollies. These dollies are used
to wheel the wings into the trailer (its a box trailer) and also retain the
wings during transport. When in the transport mode everything is strapped
down and effectively becomes part of the trailer, and thus is not allowed to
bounce around independent. We have never had any damage as a result of
transporting despite many trips, some close on 200 miles... putting it in
the trailer is another story though!
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Terry Seaver
> Subject: Trailer rash
>
> We recently brought our painted wings back
> from the painter's, a 70 mile trip with the
> newer Europa trailer. When we got home,
> we found that the top of the wing slings had
> rubbed the paint off both sides of both wings,
> along the top 5-6 inches of the slings.
> We had glued carpeting to the rubber slings,
> and placed paper beteen the carpet and wing
> surfaces as well. The steel sling support arms
> are adjusted so that the top of the sling just
> touches the wing.
> Any help please! How are other people transporting
> their wings without rubbing the paint off?
>
> Terry Seaver
> A135
>
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