Tri-Pacer Gear Width Needed

[sierrasplitter]

Need to haul a Pacer frame from Oklahoma to Sam Diego . Firewall , no engine . I measured my plane and it’s a few inches longer that 16 feet . Can you fit a tailwheel on a 16 foot trailer ?
Have read a few threads and most are tri pacers

[Steve Pierce]

What about building a small extension to the trailer to hold the tailwheel?

[sierrasplitter]

Just checked on a 26 foot enclosed truck . Cheaper to fly out and rent tge enclosed truck . Half the drive too ! No trailer needed but thanks guys

[Steve Pierce]

You gonna rebuild one?

[sierrasplitter]

Hopefully. I now have a few Pacer driver / Dirt lovers close by . Campfire scuttlebutt leads to dreams . Someone sees a facebook post about a project for sale . Like a six year old on Christmas Eve , minds start to dream . Phone calls are made
Plans are now being made to go get “ tte prize “
Hopefully one day it will be stretched , wide wings , double fowler flaps , 180 hp , yada , yada . Yep - hoping to go experimental.

Only time will tell - will it fly again ? Or will it collect dust and be sold again many years from now ?

I hope before I’m 65 I’m touching down at around 30 mph somewhere in Death Valley in it

[Steve Pierce]

Congrats, can't wait to follow the journey.

[SeanM]

Just in case yo do need to trailer it, I have hauled mine on my 14" featherlike. Backwards, tailwheel on the "V". The gear are exactly as wide as the trailer so I had to add a board to the outside on one side and offset the gear, one on the deck, one off. I would recommend checking the height and width of the door opening on a local truck before you go, I could not get it in my 24' enclosed trailer.

[Pacer42Z]

Great project. Keep us posted about the progress.

Juergen
Pacer N3342Z

[Steve Pierce]

Just in case yo do need to trailer it, I have hauled mine on my 14" featherlike. Backwards, tailwheel on the "V". The gear are exactly as wide as the trailer so I had to add a board to the outside on one side and offset the gear, one on the deck, one off. I would recommend checking the height and width of the door opening on a local truck before you go, I could not get it in my 24' enclosed trailer.

Was the engine installed? One of my former employees hauled a ground looped Pacer backwards and didn't install the rudder gusset lock and bent something on the tail. Will have to look at some pictures to refresh my memory.