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Bar position while parked
I finally found a hangar close to home, downside is it’s a shared hangar with a couple of Cesnas. Instead of securing the bar to the upright can it be pushed back to the seats and secured to frame. This raises the wing enough to make it easier to move and store around the other planes.
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I bungie the control bar to the side seat rail or fasten the lap belt over the base tube with a bungie to keep it in place, keeps the wing up high. Only bungie the contol bar to the front strut when I am getting teady to fly.
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That’s how nearly every trike in our hangar is. Works great for sure.
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Great for space, storing more trikes with other aircraft, but not as convenient for quick turn arounds.
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Thanks for the replies. I didn’t think it would hurt but wanted to make sure. Great to have experts at your fingertips.
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Not sure if this info will be helpful to you, but it was a lifesaver for me. When we had to share a hanger with multiple planes that were always in different locations, I purchased those tire jacks that they sell at Harbor Freight. They have 4 wheels each and they slide up under the tire of a trike and you have a foot lever to lift the entire trike. Using these I was able to slide my trike sideways to the very back of the hanger with ease. Wheel pants for some might prevent their use but on our Revolt they worked perfectly.
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Great to hear the doilies work. I do some hobby type welding and was going to try to make a bracket for a hand tow bar when my wife suggsuggested the dodoilies (much easier). Is the front of the trike heavy enough to stay on the dolly or do you strap in on or do you put them on after crossing over the door tracks?
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The trike did not need to be tied to the dollies. The weight of the trike kept them in place with no issues. The dollies allow a very easy 360 degree turn if you wanted to do that. Sliding them sideways was what allowed me to move my trike between two cessnas.
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This last weekend a trike pilot had to tie his trike down outside. (no hanger space available.) the front of his trike was facing the opposite direction from where the wind was coming from. He used his seatbelt and his front strut to tie the bar off. The bar was kind of suspended between the seat and his front strut. The next morning his control bar was bent. We had some gusts about 25 miles an hour. The back part of the wing was really bending upwards and it looked like it was going to damage the wing but it did not.
I have tried to pay attention how the trike pilots at Oshkosh protect their trikes. I have seen some drop the bar all the way to the ground. That does seem to help in not causing a twisting force being constantly being exerted on the entire trike. What speed winds have any of you tied down in?
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I think the real trick is to either find a wall to block wind from behind or make sure the wing has “some” positive AOA. I have seen trikes flip over while tied down when the nose of the wing is down and wind is coming from behind. Our wings DO NOT LIKE WIND FROM BEHIND!
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I have found that keeping the wing as flat as possible outside for unknown strong winds. Dropping the bar ground is one way to achieve this. With wing up, I tie each corner of the control bar down to the instructor ground steering pegs on my Revo. No nose up, no tail up, flat.
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What speed winds would you all feel comfortable leaving your Trike parked outside with your favorite tie down method?
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Well I know it can survive 30mph coming head on. Not sure from the rear. I picked this method up from an Australian video. I believe jefftrike also uses this method.
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