Hi Martin.
A little late, but here goes: I use a hand crank to pull the airplane onto
the trailer. The winch was pulled from an obsolete boat trailer and mounted
just in front of the tailwheel rail - close to the attach-handle. Made a
short piece of wire with an eye at both ends to fit around the protruding
ends of the tailwheel axle. I hook the winch wire on to this small loop and
simply crank the airplane home. Works a treat.
Cheers
Hans
---- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Tuck" <MJKTuck@cs.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:10 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Electric winch or hand crank?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I think I asked this question before but I couldn't have kept the
> responses.
>
> Someone recommended a electric powered winch to pull my monowheel onto its
> trailer. I've read some reviews on Amazon but there are diametrically
> opposed views on how good a job they do. The main complaint being how slow
> they are or not very well built.
>
> Ideally I would want one with a remote but I can't seem to find one with a
> wireless remote, some have a wired remote but the cable seems too short as
> I want to hold onto the wingtip to keep it level while the winch does it's
> thing.
>
> Alternatively I could keep it simple and use a hand crank - but the wings
> will need to be kept level. I have made some attachments which help some
> but once the tipping momentum gets going on side or the other my hinged
> spring legs give way. You guys that use a trailer all time must be using
> something. It takes me a good 30 mins to get everything up on the trailer
> and seemingly a lot of physical strength - not good when temps are in the
> 80s and 90s.
>
> Also, when cranking what is the best thing to attach the cable to? Cable
> round the axle on the side opposite to the brake came to mind. Not sure I
> would want to pull on the tailwheel although that seems an obvious choice.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Not much flying this summer - we have had 45 days of 100+ F temps in
> Wichita so far this year. The record is 50 days. Today was 106 deg F.
> Phew!
>
> Regards,
> Martin Tuck
> N152MT
> Wichita, Kansas
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