One more possibility. Chase has talked about this and realize it is not practical for most, but as costs of hangar rental space is brought up, it sure puts a great spin on my house payment.
When building my first Model IV, the garage was going to be my hangar. I spent a lot of effort trying to get the folded length of the airplane to fit in the available space. Then on a trip back from a Scout camp where we picked up our son, we stopped along the way to see the place where I used to have my Cessna 170-B serviced. My wife and son saw a home for sale there, loved it and the rest is history. Since my work was almost exactly between old home and new home - about an hour commute - it was doable. We moved and the wingtip of my new Model IV is about 15 ft. from my right elbow as I type this. Since we moved in, two Friends with Model IVs have also moved in and a third lives nearby but rents an otherwise unused hangar attached to a home down the street.
Re: folding wings every flight
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