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Hangar Flying => Hangar Flying => Topic started by: DAN on April 11, 2005, 11:19:39 AM

Title: trailer dimensions for VE
Post by: DAN on April 11, 2005, 11:19:39 AM

HELLO PEOPLE,
  I need to know...what is best way  to take my VARIEZE  from my backyard to the airport (finally).... what size trailer should i use?...how?//
    appreciate all your help...thanx/// :)

Title: trailer dimensions for VE
Post by: Anonymous on April 12, 2005, 12:57:59 AM

Do yourself a favor and use the biggest practical trailer you can use/tow with your or a friend's vehicle.  

You can shoehorn everything on a small ~15' trailer, but it requires a bit of geometry, head scratching, and praying that things don't get dinged in the move.

A nice way to transport wings, if you have the floorspace, is to take a 2' x 8' piece of sacrificial foam (buy the cheap white stuff) and rap the wing atop the foam with pallet wrap (large roll of saran-wrap like material, one roll lasts a lifetime).  Use some foam about the lower winglet if you have them.  If you wrap each wing tight, it won't 'rock' off the foam, it won't slide easily, and the paint will be well protected.  You can do the same with the canard, using longer foam plus a little about the lift tabs so as to not put unusual loads on them.

Title: Trailering a VEZ
Post by: Joe Person on April 16, 2005, 12:40:51 PM

A simple option:  Rent a 24' U-Haul truck with a liftgate - the main wheels can be rolled onto the gate with the nose pointing away from the truck box.  hold onto the nose gear, raise the liftgate (you need a helper), and roll the fuselage into the truck.  Wings and canard can be wrapped in clean moving blankets and secured inside the truck as well.  Done this a few times.