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Well, that's a deep subject. Somebody was supposed to have the fuselage done by Jan. 1, but it looks like I'm not going to make it. Will for sure be underway in 2017, perhaps as a glider......gbarrier wrote:BTW Pilot, done anything about an airplane in that hangar yet?
I can't remember if I fired six shots, or only five.....
M-5 220c, circa 1974
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OK, Pilot, not a video but I'm not video material.
Since my hangar does not have a concrete floor, a lot of thought had to go into dealing with the shifting forces of clay. All the vertical members of the hangar frame are 2-3/8" upset tubing driven 4' deep and floated by 18" x18" x1/4" plates to keep them from sinking when it gets gooey. The purlins are saddled to the verticals and the R panels screwed to that.
The hangar door is 4 9' x 9' panels enclosing the 36' opening.
The opening is a box in that the verticals, the span I beam and the floor are connected to keep the clay from allowing them to move away due to the weight of the doors hanging on them. I connected the floor with some 7/8" sucker rod that is welded to the float plates at each corner.
The outboard hinges are of a design we use to make cattle pens: 2-7/8" pipe sleeve over 2-3/8" vertical. The cattle haven't tore it up I figure the Maule won't.
The inboard gates are less robust since they aren't supporting the same stresses the outboard are, I used 1-1/2" 14 ga square tube.
You can see I have to modify the hinge axis to allow for the sloping terrain.
The latches are made of 7/8" sucker rod (you guessed it). They attach the doors to holes in the I beam span and holes in the ground.
The latches are held up or down using hooks and tabs https://backcountrypilot.org/images/pho ... 5a7cd7.jpg
The door sections open by pushing on the middle hinge and allowing the two halves to fold together
The outboard door anchors open with the latch
The inboard door is chained to the outer. A fully open and anchored door
Since my hangar does not have a concrete floor, a lot of thought had to go into dealing with the shifting forces of clay. All the vertical members of the hangar frame are 2-3/8" upset tubing driven 4' deep and floated by 18" x18" x1/4" plates to keep them from sinking when it gets gooey. The purlins are saddled to the verticals and the R panels screwed to that.
The hangar door is 4 9' x 9' panels enclosing the 36' opening.
The opening is a box in that the verticals, the span I beam and the floor are connected to keep the clay from allowing them to move away due to the weight of the doors hanging on them. I connected the floor with some 7/8" sucker rod that is welded to the float plates at each corner.
The outboard hinges are of a design we use to make cattle pens: 2-7/8" pipe sleeve over 2-3/8" vertical. The cattle haven't tore it up I figure the Maule won't.
The inboard gates are less robust since they aren't supporting the same stresses the outboard are, I used 1-1/2" 14 ga square tube.
You can see I have to modify the hinge axis to allow for the sloping terrain.
The latches are made of 7/8" sucker rod (you guessed it). They attach the doors to holes in the I beam span and holes in the ground.
The latches are held up or down using hooks and tabs https://backcountrypilot.org/images/pho ... 5a7cd7.jpg
The door sections open by pushing on the middle hinge and allowing the two halves to fold together
The outboard door anchors open with the latch
The inboard door is chained to the outer. A fully open and anchored door
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