Thanks, the 3' carpeting sling and stabilizing 2x4 thru spar openings is a
good idea.
"Highflyer" wrote in message
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"Dick" wrote in message
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Having a "better G" idea, decided to hang my engine on M1 fuselage
without wings in order to have the ability to roll it outside the hanger
for breakin efforts.

After struggling with several versions of a wooden framed, wheeled
"wagon", a thought occurred that I may be "reinventing the wheel" (as
usual).

Has anyone out there found a method to move the "engine on fuselage
without wings" or move a completed plane with one wing removed?? The M1
has main gear on the wings, not on the fuselage.

Thanks, Dick


In order to move my Piper Apache fuselage around the hangar while I have
the wings off I made up a little cart. It is basically a frame with two
ends and a bottom mounted on large heavy duty casters. I stretched a
length of carpeting about three feet wide across the frame ends to make a
wide carpet saddle that the fuselage lays on. When I park it I put a two
by six through the spar openings and take a bit of a strain on it with the
jacks. That steadys the fuselage in the sling. The third wheel on the
ground also steadys it fore and aft. It looks kind of like an old
bedstead with carpet slung from the headboard to the footboard and the
airplane across the bed! :-)

Highflyer