Hanging a large Airplane
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Hanging a large Airplane
My brother needs a to hang a 40% aircraft from his garage ceiling...We remember seeing a nice setup that AbellRC used to sell that used a pulley type setup ...they no long carry it does anyone know of the product i am talking about, or something similar?....
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RE: Hanging a large Airplane
Hey Krayzc! hope things are going good for you man! It's been a while. Quick question : in the very first pic with the red/white extra and orange yak.....did you make those plane hangers or are they from Abell? Thinking i may have to make something like this sometime soon.
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RE: Hanging a large Airplane
You can get them at Harbor Freight. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95803
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I went to the local Harbor Freight today and was pleasntly supprised to find out they were $7.99, bought two.
It took me a little while to figure out the unique locking system, but I finnaly got it.
It took me a little while to figure out the unique locking system, but I finnaly got it.
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yeah that locking makes it kewl as you are letting it up like climbing steps. i removed one of the pullies in my set up i can't recall why i did it that way seems it allowed the bird to go up smoother.
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http://image2-6.rcuniverse.com/e1/fo...01/Ro42076.jpg Hello we did the setup like shown in the pic..... But when the plane is going up it noses over.... is this the way it is supposed to be,.... So i will need a helper every time i want to raise and lower the plane? I was hoping it would go up evenly
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Here is another that hangs a plane by its wing tube. The plus is that it is very easy to store/retrieve the plane. The vertical stab rotates by plane balance to the ceiling so there is only the single hanger. Made from scraps of 3/4 plywood.
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had to laugh at picture number 6, you find studs the same way I do,
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ORIGINAL: MetallicaJunkie
finally we did it... Krazy style My brother made it seem harder than it really was
finally we did it... Krazy style My brother made it seem harder than it really was
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ORIGINAL: craigteffe
So what did you do to make it go up evenly. I bought 3 of them and i have not mounted them yet.
ORIGINAL: MetallicaJunkie
finally we did it... Krazy style My brother made it seem harder than it really was
finally we did it... Krazy style My brother made it seem harder than it really was
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RE: Hanging a large Airplane
You can get all the parts at almost any hardware store. A stick, couple of pulleys, rope and "rope lock". The one I made in the below photo has a single pulley lag bolted into a ceiling stud. The method I used to tie off the rope is one of those cam-action rope holders. Hooks and unhooks instantly and the harder the rope pulls, the tighter it gets. If you look carefully, I have two planes hanging nose to tail on separate contraptions.