Horizontal stabilizer width,what would this measurement be?
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Horizontal stabilizer width,what would this measurement be?
Does anyone know the measurement of the horizontal stabilizer on the Cessna 120/140 ?
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Re: Horizontal stabilizer width,what would this measurement be?
I think I measured close to 9' the other day, will check Friday. I was wondering about trailering a fuselage with the wings off....
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Re: Horizontal stabilizer width,what would this measurement be?
Anything over 102" is considered a "wide load".
That said, I know a guy who regularly trailers Ercoupes and I can't believe they're any narrower.
I once A guy I know once tied a 140 tailwheel to a small trailer and towed it on its gear through suburban Boston... (wings off.)
That said, I know a guy who regularly trailers Ercoupes and I can't believe they're any narrower.
I once A guy I know once tied a 140 tailwheel to a small trailer and towed it on its gear through suburban Boston... (wings off.)
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Re: Horizontal stabilizer width,what would this measurement be?
When I was 12 or 13, we put my dad’s Ercoupe on a trailer and towed it from his house to the airport after he restored it. The verticals were just enough over 8 feet wide to be technically illegal.
When I was 15, I may or may not have sat in the bed of a truck monitoring the straps on a 170 tailwheel as it was towed on its gear, backwards, several miles down a US highway. It can be done!
When I was 15, I may or may not have sat in the bed of a truck monitoring the straps on a 170 tailwheel as it was towed on its gear, backwards, several miles down a US highway. It can be done!
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