No airplane to fly. No airplane to work on. Waiting for the engine to be returned by Lycoming. Cold and snowy in Michigan. Waiting for spring at home in Florida. What? In Florida, and I’m complaining?
Hope recovered nicely when I read about a wooden tail lift in the VanAirForce forums. Having a way to raise the tail of the plane is a great help in draining all of the oil during engine oil changes. I used Sam Buchanan’s lift photo as a model and built my own as shown below.
The winch mechanism and the castors are from Harbor Freight. Dolly drove her HHR North in the spring with the lift stowed nicely in the back.
