James, Perhaps you will allow me to answer that question! The dolly I
have is a one off constructed by Roger Target many years ago, but I have
seen a number of others build dollies along similar lines or with a
wooden base (although the latter are difficult, but not impossible to
construct in a way which allows the plane to be lifted off the wheel.
The starting point is a stiff splash moulding of the front part of the
fuselage bottom, using multiple layers of fibreglass. This then needs to
be covered with some padding material such as neoprene and attached to
some form of framework. As you will see in the picture, mine has a
clever hinging metal structure which can be expanded with a system made
of two cheap car jacks. Further clever features are two holes drilled in
the fibre glass bit on each side through which large wing nutted bolts
go into corresponding holes in the fuselage where captive nuts are
located, thus allowing the fuselage to be securely fixed to the dolly
secondly just in front of the wheels are steel pieces with a hole
through which further wing nuts can be screwed to securely locate the
dolly and its attached fuselage in my covered trailer. It fits under the
fus with the front edge just behind the rear of the cowlings. The dolly
can and fairly frequently is used by friends who lack the fixing captive
nuts in their fuselage by simply keeping the rear of the dolly in
contact with the plane by passing long straps though the doors and round
the dolly. Could send more pictures if required.
David Joyce, GXSDJ
On 2021-06-20 10:44, Mallard wrote:
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> Hello All,
> Does anyone or the Europa Club have drawings for the proprietary
> 'Dolly' to which David Joyce refers in his post?
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> Thank you
> James
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