[Titanaircraft] Re: Pushing/moving Tornado in-and-out

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "De Villiers Visser" <div@...> wrote:
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> Hi Rob,
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> go to you tube type in titan tornado look for the one that says springflying there is a titan toter. it is simple it is a electric cylinder that rases and lowers a box that catches the tail wheel nose wheel has socks with lead shot to keep nose down.works great.
Scottie

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> Look at my "tail stand" in my "Div" folder in the photo section. Photo
> no.78.
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> You just need to install large inflatable tyres and have them inflated soft
> to ride
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> over the gravel.
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> I push/pull on the prop at the hub with left hand and the right hand I steer
> by
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> the top of the strake where it meets the vertical fin. This is on concrete,
> but
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> I think the large tyres will be ok on gravel.
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> Div
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> From: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Jim Covington
> Sent: 10 November 2009 07:51 PM
> To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Titanaircraft] Pushing/moving Tornado in-and-out
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> I've always pushed backwards by pressing down with one hand at the end
> of the nose cone, about 6" back from the tip until the tailwheel lifts
> and then I maneuver it on two wheels.
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> To push forwards, I lift by the top of the rudder until the nosewheel
> contacts and use it to steer the nosewheel as I push forward.
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> sunzalito wrote:
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> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have my Tornado based on a grass strip, the hangar floor is not
> > finished, only gravel, so it is very difficult to maneuver the plane
> > moving/pushing it in and out of the Hangar.
> > Any jigs or ideas how to move it easier over gravel?
> > Can people push it from the nose cone or other areas?
> > That's another concern, try not to push/pull at problematic places.
> >
> > I thought about design/make some sort of a wheel-stand in the tail..
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob.
> >
> >
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