[NSRCA-discussion] Airplane Rack

[Jerry Budd]

Hi all,

I'll have it at the Nats again this year, even if I fly there (vs 
driving like I did two years ago).  Two years ago I had it in my 
Odyssey, last year I had it in the Grand Caravan I rented (worked 
fine in it too).

The legs are 1" dowel stock as is the rear cross piece (covered with 
foam tubing) that the tail rests on.  The dowels are counter bored ~ 
1" deep into the 1-1/2" square wood rails that run fore and aft on 
each side.  The only fasteners are the #6 machine screws holding the 
metal channel to the side rails (note the wing nuts on the bottom). 
The rack is held down by a pair of rubber bungies through a pair of 
screw eyes mounted in the bottom of each rail and looped through the 
rear seat support.  The black plastic you see on the steel channel is 
door panel trim edging material from a body shop to provide some 
protection from the sharp edge of the metal.

The additional piece of padded dowel shown is to raise the horizontal 
stabilizer of the second plane up over the stab of the first plane. 
The cable ties were just a quick way to hold it in place.  Not very 
elegant, but effective none the less.  I'll eventually come up with 
something better but this works for now.

Derek Koopowitz asked me to write a K-Factor article on it.  I agreed 
to do so, AFTER my taxes are done.  When I do write the article I'll 
make available a downloadable CAD drawing for those who want more 
detail about how it's built.  It's really pretty simple.

Thx, Jerry


>It appears to be held in place with the bongee straps on either side.
>I bet Jerry explains later.
>
>Jim Ivey
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:randy10926 at comtekmail.com>Glenn Hatfield
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>Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:55 AM
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Airplane Rack
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>Is this rack just held together with cable ties?  It does not seem 
>attach to the van, is that correct?
>
>Nice idea.  I may make a version for my Ranger.
>
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>
>Randy
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>From: "Bill Glaze" <<mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:10:12 -0500
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>Jerry:
>Will you have this setup at Muncie this year? to be honest, I have trouble
>visualizing just what's happening from the photos. (I don't know why I'm
>having the trouble; I'm sure the photos make everything clear for all the
>other folks.)
>Bill Glaze
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>From: "Jerry Budd" <jerry at buddengineering.com>
>To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>; <dist7 at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:15 AM
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Airplane Rack
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>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>  Someone recently asked me to post some photos of the airplane rack I
>>  built for my 2004 Honda Odyssey a couple of years ago. It holds two
>>  2m pattern planes and allows for full unrestricted access to the open
>>  storage area underneath it. It only took an evening to design and
>>  build and it cost ~$25. It also disassembles very quickly (simply
>>  remove two wing nuts holding down the metal landing gear support) for
>>  those rare occasions when you need to use the mini-van for something
>>  other than storing & transporting your planes!
>>
>>  Here's a link to some photos: http://tinyurl.com/s6ncr
>>
>>  Thx, Jerry
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