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Oct 25, 2020 8 06 Jack stand Category: Z-Tools+Tips
The Cozy is difficult to lift using normal jack stands, especially if wheel pants are installed. Courtesy of Marc Zeitlin, one solution is to lift the plane at the spar, at or just outside the covers for the wing attach holes. Here's the procedure.
1. Lower the nose gear and put the plane in the kneeling / camel posture.
2. Use saw horses or blocking to create a stable surface 40” high.
3. Nudge the blue block forward under the kneeling / camel posture plane.
4. Operate the nose gear. As the nose comes up there will be a lever action rolling the underside of the wing up the ramp of the blue block.
5. Stop when the nose gear is fully extended. In my case the wheels float 1.5” off the floor.

Having proven that this works and found the required height of the platform, I built custom sawhorses for long term use. If and as I want a jacking kit in my traveling tool bag, I can travel with the foam blocks knowing they work when 40" off the ground. Here are the dimensions for the sawhorses. Using those clamps, the legs were 37", the braces 15" and 18". Top piece was 18", the platform was 16" x 8", made of 1/2" ply. If I had to build a set while on the road, it is four 8 foot sticks of 2x4 (legs), plus one 8 foot piece of 1x4 (braces), plus some scrap 1/2 inch plywood. They seem pretty darn sturdy.

Friggin' Florida. Late October and puttering in the garage leaves me drenched in sweat.


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