Trailer Hangar

[howe]

Now have a home for the Bantam.

 

 

 

 

 

[dazza 38]

Wow that is neat. Well done.

 

 

[dlegg]

Brilliant, can see a market for those...

 

 

[bexrbetter]

Must be a bitch getting through toll booths

 

Very well done! Any pics of the trailer "wings" of how they fold in please?

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Half the price of the aeroplane is the storage/transport system.

 

This is how mine looked a few years ago:

 

 

 

[dodo]

That's very neat. Did you make it yourself, or if not, where did you get it made? And how much did it cost to make?

 

dodo

 

 

[Stoney]

Half the price of the aeroplane is the storage/transport system.This is how mine looked a few years ago:

 

Brilliant! I love it. The trailer was obviously designed by a farmer/engineer. It makes me appreciate having a hangar.

 

 

[Downunder]

Did you drive off with the jocky wheel still down?

 

 

[bexrbetter]

Very clever OK, you should be proud.

 

 

[eightyknots]

Did you drive off with the jocky wheel still down?

HaHa, I was wondering that as well!

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

HaHa, I was wondering that as well!

...I wind it up 20 turns; that's enough to clear all undulations between home and airport.

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

That's very neat. Did you make it yourself, or if not, where did you get it made? And how much did it cost to make?dodo

Thanks for the kind words, fellas. Totally designed and made by me, with no input from anyone. It cost me two years of sleepless nights. The local council (airport owners) made it too hard for me to build a small hanger, so storing it at home in a shipping container built into my shed was the answer. The advantage is that I can easily wander up the back and work on it, and having the fuselage stored above the wing gives access to work on the cockpit and fuel system.

I can assemble it by myself in less than 20 minutes if all goes well, but it's not a patch on the simplicity of the Skyfox wing-fold system.

 

 

[planesmaker]

OK , well done! What an inspiration to us all. Thanks for sharing.

 

Howe that is very clever. Tom

 

 

[Downunder]

Bloody councils serving themselves and not their community again.

 

In the modern age of communication and travel, it amazes me they still exist.

 

Most aspects could be done at a state level, doing away with the bottom level of government.

 

 

[howe]

The wing covers are separate and bolt on.

 

Can transport plane fuse complete and wings suspended inside easily.

 

The intention was that its a relocatable hangar, and not for a rig/de-rig type of a/c.

 

Its very quick to get out/in and no a/c to move as in some hangars.

 

Needs good storm tie downs, wind loads can be high.

 

Basically started with a old caravan chassis from good old gum tree.

 

The Bantam is a big a/c even though its a u/l so the concept would easily

 

adapt to jab, sonex, and low wings etc.

 

My mate built it, I helped with a bit of labour and 40 years of crane design experience.

 

cheers H

 

 

[aj_richo]

The aviation force is strong in you Koreelah..

 

that's a bloomin' amazing piece of engineering to rig/derig a one piece wing!

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Why thank you, brother Jedi!

 

 

[dlegg]

Spielberg obviously had a hand in directing too!!

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Spielberg obviously had a hand in directing too!!

Who? Oh you mean this bad person:

 

 

 

[eightyknots]

Who? Oh you mean this bad person:[ATTACH=full]33150[/ATTACH]

Is that a submission for the Darwin Award?

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Well maybe his big ugly mate got it.

 

 

[Marty_d]

Not Spielberg's fault...

 

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

...straight to the Pool Room!

 

 

[eightyknots]

Not Spielberg's fault...

Is this in the correct thread, Marty?

 

 

[Marty_d]

Now have a home for the Bantam.

Half the price of the aeroplane is the storage/transport system.This is how mine looked a few years ago:

 

You blokes are dead-set geniuses. Brilliant.