On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:29:58 GMT,
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On 14-Jun-2006, john smith wrote:

Is the Arrow wing one piece (like a Mooney) or two (like an RV)?


On PA-28 airplanes, including the Arrow, the wing spar sections bolt onto
the fuselage carry-through section. Apparently, removing a wing is not that
big a deal. I presume there must be a hard point under the fuselage where
the weight of the plane can be supported while the wing is removed, since
the main gear mount on the wing, or else it might be necessary to use slings
from an overhead.

-Elliott Drucker

we built a wooden cradle/cart that supported the fuselage skin at the
beefy sections where it was secured to fuselage formers/other major
structure. had one for PA28's and another for PA32's.

jacked up the whole ship and rolled the cradle under it, lowered it
gently onto the cradle. used wing jacks to support the wings, had to
leave one under the heavy side if you were only removing one.

it's not a huge deal, but getting the wing bolts out/in can suck at
times.

cradles were used to hold the interiors yanked out of the other birds
when they were doing freight duty.

luckily, they spent more time with seats on 'em than fuselages...

TC