Skyboy EX - Ground Handling; Assembly for Transportation and Hangaring

Flight manual interplane Skyboy EX
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GROUND HANDLING
8.1 ASSEMBLING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND HANGARING
The airplane can be easily assembled into a transportation state.
This assembling includes:
- turning up the stabilizers towards the fin
- disconnecting aileron controls
- detaching the wings
- folding the struts to the wing
8.1.1 Detaching the wings
1 - It is necessary to disconnect both control rods from the wing horn levers before detaching the wings. A helper
will then hold the wing tips.
2 - Take apart the bolt from the lower wing strut hinge on the fuselage
3,4 - Take apart both wing hinges on the fuselage. It is better to hold the wing before loosing the last pin. (It is
easier to do it with three men and to loose then both wing hinges on the fuselage simultaneously)
- Step back from the airplane with the wing. The wing can be put on the leading edge or on the upper
skin, but never put it on a surface that could damage it. If there is no soft - grassy surface, put a piece of foam
under the wing. The struts can be folded then up to the wing.
Repeat the procedure with the second wing
For the transportation, we recommend to put the dismantled pins into the loosen forks of the wing hinges again and to lock them.
Fig.1: Dispatching of the wing and turning up the stabilizers
8.1.3 Turning up the stabilizers
1 - Take the locks out of the lower hinge pins for the stabilizer stretching cables. Slacken off the pins or quick-
stretcher (if installed) and loosen then the pin on the opposite side.
2,3 - Then, turn up both sides of the stabilizer to the fin. Secure both sides of the stabilizer by binding together the
brackets for aft hinges of the stretching cables are by joining them by transportation jig.
ATTENTION! Set the elevators into the neutral position before turning them up to prevent the undesirable stressing
of the elevator-connecting lever. The upper cables will be slackened in the turned-up position, thus, take care of the
proper position of the stretching cable terminal eyes when setting the airplane back into the flight configuration to
prevent their breaking.