On 5/22/2013 1:29 PM, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:35:24 AM UTC-5, GC wrote:
Aberdeen Angus, I think - or maybe Poll Hereford. Is that the trailer
where the fuselage and wings go in from the hitch end, not the number
plate end? Or is it the one with the door at the hitch end where the
wigtips go in first on a strop which runs in a track on the roof - until
it jams halfway in and you can't get past the wing and fuselage to
disgorge it (or whatever you need to do with jammed wheels in tracks).
GC

Ugh. Yes, the early Schleicher trailer has you hang the tip in a strap
that runs in a track along the roof, tip went in first, and you carried the
root out. Great fun with an AS-W12. Not as bad with a 15. Some US Made
Sailplane Associates trailers do this, too. But, a lot of them load
through the number plate end. Early Schleicher loaded over the hitch.
Then, there were the ones that had the hitch that got un-pinned from one
side and swung out of the way for loading from the hitch end.

Thank goodness we have evolved as we have. Those old trailers were a royal
pain in the Arse!


Haw! They were a PITA even "way back when (I was young and stupid)!!!" They
haven't improved with age - theirs OR mine.

Sailplane trailer evolution is a classic case of darwinism in
action...combined with intelligent design...uh oh, I may be in trouble with
some portions of society here.

Bob - I'll be leaving now, my work here is done - W.

P.S. For the life of me, I've NEVER been able to imagine even a
half-baked-rationale why anyone would have EVER designed a glider trailer to
load/unload over the tongue. I owned one once. I let the neighbor kids destroy
it with sledgehammers, then burned the resulting splinters. Both events were
immensely soul-satisfying for all concerned.