One-man rigging aids - is the electric up/down control worth it?

On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 10:44:34 AM UTC-4, Paul Kaye wrote:
if any of you have any experiences/opinions, I'd be happy to hear them!

For your LS-8, electric will speed things up a bit.
Because the wings aren't that heavy, its not really necessary like big gliders.

Put the first wing in, while you're at the root adjust height
until just right, then go put wing-stand under tip.
If you're experienced rigging the ship you can do this by feel at tip.
Less experienced, electric will save a trip or two out to the rigger.
Put the second wing in, and adjust until holes are perfectly lined up.
If you're experienced and the wing height is already close,
you can do this by adjusting the fuselage height with the cobra fuselage jack.
Less experienced and needing bigger adjustment, electric helps a lot.

Hope that helps!
Best Regards, Dave (previous owner of 4 different self-rigger styles,
instigator/contributor for IMI electric design)

On Sunday, 2 June 2019 16:22:03 UTC+1, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 10:44:34 AM UTC-4, Paul Kaye wrote:
if any of you have any experiences/opinions, I'd be happy to hear them!

For your LS-8, electric will speed things up a bit.
Because the wings aren't that heavy, its not really necessary like big gliders.

Put the first wing in, while you're at the root adjust height
until just right, then go put wing-stand under tip.
If you're experienced rigging the ship you can do this by feel at tip.
Less experienced, electric will save a trip or two out to the rigger.
Put the second wing in, and adjust until holes are perfectly lined up.
If you're experienced and the wing height is already close,
you can do this by adjusting the fuselage height with the cobra fuselage jack.
Less experienced and needing bigger adjustment, electric helps a lot.

Hope that helps!
Best Regards, Dave (previous owner of 4 different self-rigger styles,
instigator/contributor for IMI electric design)

Thanks for the quick reply Dave. I'm pretty experienced in rigging and de-rigging LS gliders and reckon with someone who knows what they're doing on the tips I can get the main panels on in just a few minutes.

I thinking that if I get a manual rigger and normally use it in the same place then I can probably get the rigger setup to the right height without the need to fiddle with it each time. And as you say, I can use the jack on the ramp for height adjustment too. So, I'm leaning to the manual version - €1500 is a bot crazy really!

On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 11:29:07 AM UTC-4, Paul Kaye wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply Dave.

No problem. Note the electric isn't that much heavier;
IMI doesn't use lead-acid batteries like some older electric units, and
frame is all aluminum - it's quite nice (though non-electric is certainly lighter)
Regarding battery charging: In case of oops, best to have a long
lead on the electric rigger, with the same connector as your ship's
battery. That way you can use ship's battery when you forget ;-)

Always using same height on rigger works great if you always rig on a
nice even surface, however...

See ya, Dave