cobra trailer style wing beds

On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7:25:12 PM UTC-6, Scott Williams wrote:

(2nd pad further towards the rear),
On the span where do the pads usually lie? 3/4 out from root?
Thanks,
Scott W.

On a wing with no change in taper along the leading edge (like on your Std Cirrus), I would put the one and only about at the root of the aileron. For simplicity's sake, you could center it on the root of the aileron. With a change in taper on the leading edge, immediately inboard of the taper change. You don't want to be too far outboard, as this puts a larger compression load into the rear spar during travel down that bumpy road. You also don't want it too far inboard, as then the entire weight of the wing will be resting on that little section of leading edge for the bumpy road.

Having troubles seeing how you could "pull the wing out far enough to access the cockpit without pulling the fuselage out." This would require pulling a wing back, crawling in the front door, around the nose ring, possibly also the spare tire, then back to the cockpit. Then, how much can you open the canopy inside the trailer? Seems to me to be MUCH easier to pull the fuselage out. I saw an LS3 get a scrape on the bottom of a newly refinished wing when the owner tried to pull the wing out with the fuselage still in place. Komet trailer. Was working on the dive brakes.

Do like the idea of the cloth in the cradle.

Steve Leonard