L-23 tail dolly

Just curious if anyone out there has built a nice tail dolly for an
L-23. We now have 3 L-23s and our hanger is 2500 ft from our base of
operations. Sure would be nice to rearward tow an L-23 w/ a wing wheel
and tow bar from the hanger rather than using a rope and a wing walker.

Existing tailwheel is just way to fragile for anything like this.

Thanks

Mark

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Mark Zivley wrote:
Just curious if anyone out there has built a nice tail dolly for an
L-23. We now have 3 L-23s and our hanger is 2500 ft from our base of
operations. Sure would be nice to rearward tow an L-23 w/ a wing wheel
and tow bar from the hanger rather than using a rope and a wing walker.

Existing tailwheel is just way to fragile for anything like this.

Thanks

Mark

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Hi,

We have one, it's working ok, but some details could be better...

It has the usual parts, fiberglass collar round the fuselage/fin
with a wheel attached. A long metal spar is needed for towing and at
least ours is too flexible. The length of the spar and the installation
height of the collar wheel has to be matched carefully. If the car
tow hook is installed very low (or heavy passengers on the backseat :-),
the collar wheel will touch the ground while towing.

If you need, I can provide a few photos. Perhaps you can make an
improved 2nd generation solution :-)

Regards,

Veli-Matti

http://www.piy.fi