Hangar Fit and Fit Resolution in Small T-Hangars
Do your planes fit in your small T-Hangar?
Your small
T-Hangar is bigger than you think and your planes are smaller than
you think.
Your Aero-Lift will physically fit in any aircraft
hangar that has 14’8” of ceiling clearance for the vertical column.
Beyond that, it is really more a question of determining the best
way to configure the target aircraft in your hangar. ARM Aerospace
offers a Free Hangar Analysis. With this tool we combine the three
views of your specific aircraft, along with a plan view of your
hangar, and determine the optimal placement of your Aero-Lift and
aircraft. This visualization demonstrates that everything fits
in your hangar properly. ARM's Hangar Analysis produces a drawing
depicting the exact placement of all of the components of your
Aero-Lift solution, is free of charge and is available to you upon
receipt of the accurate measurements and specifications requested.
ARM Aerospace has experts in fitting two planes
in small hangars. We will perform a custom review of your hangar
to determine if you have a fit and how it will work. We even have
tricks to assist in fitting the planes.
For examples aircraft that will fit and representations
of configurations, please download
the pdf file.
For detailed information
regarding the fit of your specific aircraft in your hangar, please
contact Arm Aerospace. We will be happy to provide you with a detailed
Hangar Analysis drawing.
What is the Foundation or Floor Mount
Option and what is required?
Many Aero-Lift owners who are building a hangar,
or are able to retrofit their current hangar, can opt to have the
vertical column of the Aero-Lift mounted directly to the floor
of their hangar rather than utilizing the supporting legs. This
optional configuration provides the most available clear floor
space in your hangar, as the legs are no longer required to support
the column.
ARM Aerospace will provide you with blueprints and
engineering diagrams for the foundation option. The structure that
supports the column is basically a rebar cage, inside a horizontal
concrete channel in the floor of the hangar that is roughly 2 feet
deep, 3 feet wide and 12 feet long. The rebar cage and channel
runs from the base of the column out 12 feet, at an angle, approximately
to the CG of the aircraft, i.e. middle of the lift platform.
The
Aero-Lift is attached to the floor with a special base plate that
uses J-receiver style bolt-ins (basically a large piece of rebar
with a receiving nut) that is encased in the concrete and sits
flush with the concrete floor of the hangar. There are 10 bolts
to mount the base. The base plate is approximately 14" x
18". The column bolts to this base plate using the same bolt
holes as the standard legs, 5 bolts in each side. This allows the
lift to be reconfigured to accept the standard legs at a later
time.
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