On Mar 26, 1:13 pm, "Simon Waddell" wrote:
"vontresc" wrote in message

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On Mar 24, 9:31 am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:



On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:10:21 -0700, vontresc wrote:

Actually I am in the same boat. I just bought a Ka-6 without tow out
gear. I was thinking of cobbling together my own, but I'd love to see
some examples first.

There's a Ka-6 in my club. Its tow-out gear looks remarkably like the
stuff I use on my Libelle. He has a fairly broad tail dolly collar, at
least 3/4 as wide as its diameter, with the usual clip-on tow-bar, which
has a U-shaped platform for the tail skid. I don't recall anything unusual
about the wing dolly.

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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
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Sounds like something that could be built. anyone got any suggestions
on making your own tail dolly? I was thinking of using the fuse as a
mold for some fiberglass (with a layer of plasic as a release of
course).

any input?

thanks

Peter

Did it myself; but use a layer of thick felt rather than a sheet of plastic
since you'll want felt inside the finished dolly to protect the fuselage.
Also helps to have access to a vibrating saw to cut the dolly off -
hospitals use them to remove plaster casts.

Simon

www.mcmaster.com for felt. Use the synthetic 1/8 or 3/16. 1/8 is
plenty thick for glass ships, but you might want 3/16 for wood

Frank Whiteley