Ahh! I thought they must be there to hold in place
the optional little rigging pegs that sit on the side
wall and have no useful purpose that I can find. Anyway,
while sitting there waiting to not fulfil any function
they tend to fall over - but - one side has a longer
flange than the other and the long side fits nicely
under the rotating clip when it is turned upwards.

My question is this: Why does everyone park and rig
with Cobra trailers level when it is so much easier
to have them tail down a bit so that the ramp (+ tail
wheel extension if present) and the trailer floor are
all more or less in line? That lowers the lift for
the wingroot and stops there being a steep run up the
ramp for the fuselage into the trailer. The trade
off is a slight incline up the trailer but I can push
our Duo turbo fuselage into the trailer quite comfortably
on my own and I am only 169cm. Moreover, if everyone
did like we do then there would be no need for the
little plastic clips as the dollies would stay at the
rear.

Does anyone use the little pegs?

John Galloway


At 19:24 02 January 2004, Deputy Dog wrote:
Karel:

They kinda look like that, but they would only hold
the dolly if the
trailer were tilted toward the front very slightly.
It only takes
very light pressure ( wrote in message news:...
The black nylon latches at the back of a Cobra trailer
are there to hold the
dolly at its place while disassembling the glider.

Karel, NL