"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
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I googled this topic and could not find previous threads
on RAS, but I suspect they exist. I would expect most
experiences are similiar to mine...helped put the huge
wings on, but no time flying the bird. It would be
my experience that if one of these landed out in a
field where self-riggers would not operate...it would
be 3-4 strong friends to get it into a trailer. Assembly/disassem
bly reminded me of a Grob 103, although on hardtop
with self rigging gear and a good trailer I suspect
things would be much easier.

Frank Whiteley, who owns a LAK-12, and I have discussed this.

If the one-man rigging system used "gate hinge" type root dolleys on the
trailer, then the wings could be swung out ~45 degrees to the
trailer/fuselage before the Udo-type wing dolly was attached to the wing CG.
Then, the wheels of the wing dolly needn't roll more than 4-6 feet when
rigging/derigging. One could pack a sheet of plywood to lay on soft ground
for the wing dolly wheels to roll on. That way, even if you landed in a
soft plowed field, rigging aids would still work.

Bill Daniels