Richard, An alternative is to build a dolly for the plane
which bolts tightly on to the plane with 4 bolts into
captive (potted in) nuts in the fuselage with the dolly
fixed to the trailer with wing nut bolts. The dolly is
extremely useful for working on the plane and worth having
in its own right. For this to work nicely you need a flat
bed trailer, or better still of course a covered one.
Regards, David Joyce, GXSDJ
"Richard Lamprey" <lamprey.richard@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Good morning all,
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> I have photos of the original Europa monowheel trailer,
>from the factory (when I visited in 1995), and from other
>kind contributors to this site. The factory one has
>G-ELSA parked in it, so in the photos the wings obscure
>the fuselage. Photos from others don't have the Europa
>in it.
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> I have the only Europa in this region of the world, so I
>cant see a trailer in real life, all I have is photos.
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> This may sound stupid, but I can't for the life of me
>work out what keeps the fuselage upright, except for the
>mainwheel and leg lodged in their hinged cradle. There
>must be significant forces on the cradle, its hinge, and
>on the undercarriage swinging arm and its hinges onto the
>undercarriage frame.
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> There is a gap between fuselage and wing cradles, so the
>cradles don't seem to be doing any support.
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> So it would seem that the wheel cradle keeps the whole
>plot upright, and strong enough to counter any tipping
>forces as the thing goes around corners. This might be
>fine for mirror smooth UK country lanes at 40 km/hr, but
>on our Kenya roads, which are mostly holes, this isn't
>going to work.
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> Perhaps I have missed something here. Does anyone have
>a Europa factory-style monowheel trailer with fuselage
>supports, or a fuselage cradle? And can send me
>pictures?
>
> Thanks
> Richard
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