Sailpane Hangar for 2 Sailplanes

If you haven't found it yet, Bob, it was in the February
2006 issue of SOARING. And, yes. SCOH has a similar
setup for some of its hangars. Looks like it works
very well.

If you really want to be careful and pack the gliders
in, you can go three deep in a setup like that, as
in this pictu

http://www.potk.cz/show_img.php?imag...age=1&gallery=
2002_07_rana_gal

Looks like they have a couple of inches of clearance
between wings and fins!

Steve Leonard
Wichita, KS

On Jan 26, 7:45 pm, Steve Leonard
wrote:

http://www.potk.cz/show_img.php?imag...age=1&gallery=
2002_07_rana_gal

Interesting picture. One problem with arrangements like this is that
all the gliders have to come out if you want to fly the first one that
went in. A local commercial operator used to advertize that "gliders
are hangared" but they were mostly outside all day exposed to sun and
dust devils and only inside at night. The other problem is that
others, perhaps lots of them, get to handle your glider. Hangar rash
would not be a well known term if it didn't happen.

The rotating floor hangar design seems to eliminate these problems but
I assume it's much more expensive.

Andy

"Andy" wrote in message
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The rotating floor hangar design seems to eliminate these problems but
I assume it's much more expensive.

Andy

Actually, it's not the floor that rotates. There is a steel framework
supported by small wheels that rotates and in turn supports the gliders that
rotate with it. Think of a super dolly. It's really quite simple. It's
only slightly more expensive and a great deal more useful than open space
hangars.

The only downside I can see is that the hangar can't accept quite as many
gliders as it might if they were packed in an overlapping fashon.

Bill Daniels

You could solve this problem by adding a 2nd door at the back of the hanger.

Mike Schumann

"Andy" wrote in message
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On Jan 26, 7:45 pm, Steve Leonard
wrote:

http://www.potk.cz/show_img.php?imag...age=1&gallery=
2002_07_rana_gal

Interesting picture. One problem with arrangements like this is that
all the gliders have to come out if you want to fly the first one that
went in. A local commercial operator used to advertize that "gliders
are hangared" but they were mostly outside all day exposed to sun and
dust devils and only inside at night. The other problem is that
others, perhaps lots of them, get to handle your glider. Hangar rash
would not be a well known term if it didn't happen.

The rotating floor hangar design seems to eliminate these problems but
I assume it's much more expensive.

Andy





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Would love to hear from anyone with personal experience of this hanger
Has anyone done anything similar but instead of two on the floor with
one on the floor and hung one from the ceiling on a travelling hoist?
Are there any pictures of the rotating design?
rgds
Stephen


On Jan 28, 1:53 pm, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message

ups.com...

The rotating floor hangar design seems to eliminate these problems but
I assume it's much more expensive.

Andy

Actually, it's not the floor that rotates. There is a steel framework
supported by small wheels that rotates and in turn supports the gliders that
rotate with it. Think of a super dolly. It's really quite simple. It's
only slightly more expensive and a great deal more useful than open space
hangars.

The only downside I can see is that the hangar can't accept quite as many
gliders as it might if they were packed in an overlapping fashon.

Bill Daniels

See: http://www.silentwingsairshows.com/carousel/

Bill Daniels
wrote in message
oups.com...
Would love to hear from anyone with personal experience of this hanger
Has anyone done anything similar but instead of two on the floor with
one on the floor and hung one from the ceiling on a travelling hoist?
Are there any pictures of the rotating design?
rgds
Stephen


On Jan 28, 1:53 pm, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message

ups.com...

The rotating floor hangar design seems to eliminate these problems but
I assume it's much more expensive.

Andy

Actually, it's not the floor that rotates. There is a steel framework
supported by small wheels that rotates and in turn supports the gliders
that
rotate with it. Think of a super dolly. It's really quite simple.
It's
only slightly more expensive and a great deal more useful than open space
hangars.

The only downside I can see is that the hangar can't accept quite as many
gliders as it might if they were packed in an overlapping fashon.

Bill Daniels