The Goat drawings show a small hook tool that one person can carry a wing panel. My better half was traveling and I decided to make the tool. A more typical sailplane assembly aid is a wing cart. I once bought a small toy from a yard-sale and tried making a wing cart. It didn't work at all. So now the hook tool:
The hook tool worked to take a wing panel to the back yard to stage for putting into the trailer. I didn't get a picture of carrying a wing panel because it was just me. I also couldn't figure out how to get the panel into the trailer myself, so the lower wing mounting will wait for another day.
Trailer to-do's are now:
- figure out how all of Goat parts transport together
- take all of Goat for its first trip around the neighborhood
- finish weld the upper rail to the vertical supports
- finish weld the frame joints
- UV paint on the ply decking
For the first-flight:
- covering repairs
- backyard final assembly and very thorough pre-flight check, including weight & balance
- re-weld the tow hitch release (I'm now doubtful it had good penetration)
- buy weak-links and end rings
- get radios (1x airborne, 1x car)
- travel
- fly!
After the first-flight:
- add leather patch to wing tips where will rub the ground
- install leather patch guides for elevator control lines
- paint trim color
- install wing root kiss seal
- jury strut fairings
- main strut fairings (after flying to figure out the right angles)
- emergency parachute
- real variometer (LXNav with a TEK probe is my intention, if it is sensitive at low speed...)
- drogue chute
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