Trailer hoist

[rgraffeo]

&nbsp;I would like to make a hoist for putting on &amp; taking off my rotorblades when using my trailer.<br><br> &nbsp;I have a few ideas, but can always use more input.<br> Thanks<br>

[r.coplen]

Rudy,<br><br>I have a simple hoist that attaches to my flatbed trailer I use to haul &quot;Ruby&quot;, my CLT modified RAF. &nbsp; I will errect it tommorrow and send you pictures. &nbsp;Simple, easy to put up and take down and works great.

[rgraffeo]

Randy,<br> &nbsp;I appreciate the help. Don't go out of your way to assemble the hoist just to take pictures of it. I'm in no hurry to build one, I won't need it until next spring.<br> &nbsp;I fly a RAF with a Praham stab &amp; trailer my gyro about 3 or 4 times a year to different chapter meets. <br>I usually have help installing them, but hate to bother folks.

[airRanger]

R. Coplen<br><br>I would like to see your design and ease of set-up, if not here, mabe in my e-mail<br>Thanks-In-Advance<br>Dennis<br>dlandry@netnitco.net

[Gary_in_Orygun]

You can see pictures of what I use at:
http://home.att.net/~gary_air/blade_install.htm

[Whirlydog]

Gary, is that a dual use trailer? RV up front with a cargo compartment in back for your gyro? Your hoist looks simple enough.

[davreich]

:) Hi, Just an idea for you. Any good muffler shop has tubing and can custom bend the arc for you. I have not made this yet.

[Gary_in_Orygun]

Whirlydog, sorry it has taken me so long to answer your question. My trailer is 24 ft long, and is where I built my gyro. Once it was completed, I put in a dividing wall up front and made a fold-out bed to sleep on. My son and I took it to Arlington WA. flyin two years in a row. The gyro rides in the back 14 feet and we get the rest of the room up front.

For poles I used cyclone fence rails and some hardware to mate the pieces together.