> Has anyone designed/built a towbar for clipping on to the nosewheel of a
> Europa
Trigear for
> pulling it around the hangar by hand? Such devices seem to be in common use
> for
most light
> aircraft where I'm based. If anyone has done this, how did you deal with the
nosewheel
> fairing?
>
> Many thanks
>
> David Cripps
> GBWJH
Just buy a towbar and fashion the hard points to suit (Grumman AA-X
series are fairly generic). Simplest are bolts and spacers affixed
either side of the fork. Holes in fairing for towbar to glomp
through. Mine are recessed, with aerodynamic snap plugs for the
holes, part of attach hardware arrangement (browse an airport and see
multiple ideas), and as nonfactory fairing required fabrication and
welding.
A towbar is not essential though. My 1400# bird with free-castering
nosewheel is easy on hard surface w/o it. An c. 800# Europa easier
yet. Except on rough turf. Or wet turf; people laugh when you fall
down on your butt.
Best,
Fred F.
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