When I first got into flying about 11 years ago, I bought a Quicksilver MX which has a 32' wingspan. Next I went to build a hanger for the MX. Being kind of cheap and not thinking ahead well enough, I built a building that measured 30'X38' and put a 22' door on one end. My thought was just build a cart to put the MX on and run it in sideways. Well things moved forward and even though I eventually built another hangar with a 40' wide opening (still haven't built the door) I usually still put the Avid in the first building. It has concrete floor, electricity, and all the tools, unlike the new one with is just walls and roof. I've built several different carts to run the plane in and this is the latest design. What does this long story have to do with hanging your plane from the ceiling? If you look at my cart, take off the wheels, ramps, and winch, you would have a nice framework that the plane could sit on and be hoisted up to the ceiling with 3 cables attached to the framework. When you build the trailer, make it so you can lower the framework into some sockets where you just put a pin or bolt through each socket to keep the framework and plane on the trailer. Plane would be tied to the framework. When you get to the field to fly, untie the plane and roll it off the trailer, framework stays in place. Later roll plane back onto trailer/framework and tie it down to the framework again. When you get back home and in the garage in the right spot, hook the cables to the framework, pull the pins at the sockets and hoist the plane up out of the way. My cart is built with two 1 1/2" pipes that are under the plane's main wheels, and two 1" pipes that go back to the tailwheel. I was going to post this this morning, but didn't have any good pictures of my cart. I took these this afternoon when I was going flying. Take care,
Jim Chuk
Avid MK IV (flying)
Kitfox 4 (building)
northern Mn