Return-Path: Received: from marvkaye.olsusa.com ([205.245.9.232]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-44819U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA4174 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 08:38:13 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981118083502.02b70f78@olsusa.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 08:35:02 -0500 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: (by way of Marvin Kaye ) Subject: Re:Airplane jacking X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Ken Harwood advises against lifting the front of the airplane using the engine lift hook. Ken, while I see your point, it's a question of numbers. Can you offer your own experience or analysis or that of others to back up your assertion that the engine isn't stressed to handle "much more" than its own weight? In fact, it appears to me that lifting here imparts relatively little stress on the engine given its configuration and load paths. I'd welcome more education on this. Regards, Ed de Chazal