Well I"m sure this has been done and I'm curious what others have come up with to transport their assembled plane in the bed of a pick up truck. Mine is a 1 ton long bed so plenty of room to fit an assembled plane. I'm flying my first two piece wing plane and going through the growing pains of having to assemble it at the flying field. You know the drill, put the wings on, put in the retaining clips, then the wing retaining bolts, then the canopy, secure that, then finally fuel up and fly. With my previous models, I'd just put the single piece wing on, fuel up and fly. Big difference, and one I'm trying to get used to. But...

I'm deliberating just taking the plane to the field already assembled...if I can properly secure the plane in the bed of my pickup truck. I'm sure I can fabricate some hold downs, and my field is only about 5 miles from my house, with top speed (legally) only 35 MPH. But what says the RCU masses? Is this a wise idea? Or am I asking for trouble? No, I'm not gonna get a specialized transport for my planes. (yet) Maybe someday if I collect enough planes and want to take them all to the field. But right now I only have two to worry about two. One is a 40 size and the other a 60 size. If I could take the two piece in the bed already assembled, I could then take the other one in the back seat. So I could fly both models in one trip. Right now I can only take one per trip.

Appreciate the advice.
Shaggy