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Old 4th Jul 2002, 08:19
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Question Moving tailwheel aircraft.

Is there a contraption for moving larger tailwheel aircraft? A motorised tug or bogie is a bit overkill.

I remember seeing ads for a manually operated device that looked like looked a bit like a push bike, with peddle at the top that was rotated by hand connected to a wheel on the ground by a chain.

I’ve checked some past aviation mags but turned a blank.


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How big?
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About the size of a C182 or Maule (750 - 1000kg empty), to be moved by one person across short grass or similar.
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Potter1, the device you have seen is called the Wingwalker. There was a picture ofit in Pilot Magazine.

The manufacture has a web site at
http://www.wingwalker.co.za

The web site says that it has been adapted for certain taildraggers, but I would also ask about it's performance on grass before going ahead and ordering one.

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A couple of other links for you :

http://www.myles-rec.com/page28/skyline.html

http://www.thehangar.co.uk/cgi-bin/c...uery=retrieval
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