Ersatz Maintenance Rotisserie

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

Mounting your stunter, or even your classic car, on a jig that allows it to be rotated for maintenance is increasingly possible.  For stunters, typical is to use the engine mount as an attachment point.

Absent such a rig and the time to remove/replace the engine, what's a good way to hold a stunter "wingtip high?"  Obviously, hanging by the leadouts is possible for one side.  As I type, I realize that rope from the hanging bar to the fuse would also work.

Thoughts on best methods to support a stunter in various positions?

thanks,

Peter

[Ty Marcucci]

 I have two, two  inch dowels protruding  from my work bench. They slide in or out as needed.  Photos later. With these I can rest the fuselage on either side, letting me work on almost the entire model. 

[Ty Marcucci]

Disregard the back ground.

[Tim Wescott]

Ty, that's cool!  I may add that to my bench.  I think I'd keep some of those pipe insulation things handy, to avoid scuffing the model (I'm really bad at getting one side of a part nice and pretty, lifting it off my bench, and finding bits of junk embedded in the offside surface).

[Paul Taylor]

Disregard the back ground.

I’m stealing this idea Ty. Hope it’s ok. 🤣

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

I like that rig, and imagine a similar rig which is essentially a U-shaped jig that clamps to a bench, perhaps with a slight angle so the plane slides toward the bench.

Spacing of the rods is somewhat obvious - must be greater than wing chord at root.

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

Ty,

Your method worked great.  My rendition is shown below.  I was adding some glue to a fuse/wing joint and trying to avoid the look we all know too well of glue running down, away from where it is needed.

thanks,

Peter