Alan, thanks for that. My reply was rejected because the picture was >3
mb. Mine has rather bigger wheels and also two holes though each outer
support piece for wing nutted bolts to go though 1 cm holes in the fus
into captive nuts, in order to firmly fix dolly to plane. It also has
steel plates with holes through just in front of the wheels to allow the
dolly to be screwed down in the trailer. Regards, David
On 2021-06-20 16:42, Alan Twigg wrote:
> Hi David, I copied the design.
>
> And have the moulds on loan.
> Regards
> Alan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 20 Jun 2021, at 12:19, davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> Hello All,
> Does anyone or the Europa Club have drawings for the proprietary
> 'Dolly' to which David Joyce refers in his post?
>
> Thank you
> James
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