towing handles (ground handling handles)

[Ralph Baker]

Jean,
The ground handling handles go in the rear of the fuselage just in front of the horizontal stabilizer. They provide just what you want, a means of lifting or pulling the fuselage without using the empennage. They come out both sides and are held in the fully retracted position when not in use. We have them in our Elite and while costly, I would definitely add them again. They are a bit of a pain to install but we are used to that. By all means install them before anything else inside the rear tailcone for maximum ease.
regards,
Ralph



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[eric.r]

What exactly is costly? Would not a tube installed for use with a portable,
i.e. wooden , handle work as well?
On 3/27/2006 2:56 PM, rebaker@sc.rr.com wrote to rebel-builders:

-> Jean,
-> The ground handling handles go in the rear of the fuselage just in front of
the horizontal stabilizer. They provide just what you want, a means of lifting
or pulling the fuselage without using the empennage. They come out both
sides and are held in the fully retracted position when not in use. We have
them in our Elite and while costly, I would definitely add them again. They
are a bit of a pain to install but we are used to that. By all means install
them before anything else inside the rear tailcone for maximum ease.
-> regards,
-> Ralph





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