trailering questions

[kitfox5v]

Jay, Wing supports are 1/2 conduit from lowes. As you said measure and hammer flat to fit. Drill top hole 3/8s and bottom 7/16s. bolt under wing support. easy as that, $5.00 tops. Eddie

[beeryboats]

Jay, Wing supports are 1/2 conduit from lowes. As you said measure and hammer flat to fit. Drill top hole 3/8s and bottom 7/16s. bolt under wing support. easy as that, $5.00 tops. Eddie

Thanks Eddie. Any idea how long? It looks about 4-5 feet.

I just had another thought. I have some old tire chains, why couldn't I toss one over each tire and lag bolt the chains tight to the trailer deck? I'm only going about 50 miles on back roads at less than 50mph.

[Av8r3400]

Be careful using a car hauling trailer to transport your Kitfox. It will ride very, very harshly with only a couple hundred pounds on it. Damage can result from this jarring action.

The wing supports, on both ends, are super critical. As is the way the tail is supported to prevent damage to the empanage tubing or the tailwheel spring.

[t j]

Any idea how long? It looks about 4-5 feet.

On my model 4 distance center to center of the pin holes is about 47 inches. Top pin is 5/16" and bottom is 1/4". Two can be easily be made out of one 10 foot stick of conduit.

Of course don't do any bending or drilling until you have the plane then build them to fit it. Use a piece of rubber belting or something like that between the flattened end and the bottom of the spar.

[beeryboats]

Be careful using a car hauling trailer to transport your Kitfox. It will ride very, very harshly with only a couple hundred pounds on it. Damage can result from this jarring action.

The wing supports, on both ends, are super critical. As is the way the tail is supported to prevent damage to the empanage tubing or the tailwheel spring.

I know, that's why I picked the smallest trailer long enough for the plane. It's not really big enough for a car, more like large lawn mower. It was just large enough to haul an MGB. It's gonna be back roads all the way home as well. Actually smoother than the interstate!

[beeryboats]

I had the greatest idea for supporting the tail today. Too bad it's not my trailer to modify. I work in a diesel injection pump and turbo shop where we have lot's of old used parts about. I though it would be easy to make support for the tail as TJ did for his trailer in earlier pictures, but mount it on some springs. The vertical mounts would be screwed to a 2x6 that had four 5/16" holes in the corners. Use 1/4" lag bolts about 8" long through the 2x6, washers, springs, washers, then into the trailer deck. I would think springs that bottomed out at 50 to 75lbs times four would help take a bunch of road shock out of any trailer.

I'm just renting the trailer this trip. So I will just have to drive very slowly and carefully and be very, very patient.

[SkyPirate]

if its a tandem axle trailer and has car tires on it you could deflate the tires to 28 lbs,..if it has regular trailer tires deflate to 30 lbs,,.

[beeryboats]

if its a tandem axle trailer and has car tires on it you could deflate the tires to 28 lbs,..if it has regular trailer tires deflate to 30 lbs,,.

Why didn't I think of that?!?!? I have a zero turn mower with very little air pressure in the tires just because it will beat you to death otherwise. I'll air the trailer tires down a bit and see how she rides. My sailboat, which I sold to buy the Kitfox, would go to the lake with very, very low pressures in the tires. Close to 20lbs. A couple were so rotted I was afraid to pump them up much higher. They handled a 3000lb boat just fine.