Dolly
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Tail wheel dolly made of a plywood deck supported by three swiveling casters with a plywood cradle shaped to fit the longerons at the tail under the stabilizers. The steel tube handle was a conventional nosewheel push-rod I made to move the fuselage around before it got tail-heavy. It attaches to the dolly by clamping to the ends of a piece of 3/4" emt welded to two pieces of slotted angle which are fastened to the bottom of the dolly frame and which extend back far enough to make clearance for the handle under the rudder.
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Position the dolly to the side and under the stabs |
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Pick up the rear end of the plane and swing it over the cradle on the dolly. Lower into place and put two elastic tie-downs over the rear tubes (under the rudder cables). Take your airplane for a walk. I didn't get the height of the cradles ends just right to match the angle of the rear tubes when the fuse is resting in the cradle so the cradle tips back and the front cradle wheel comes off the ground slightly. Still works fine.
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