An
Ultralight Hangar This hangar was
designed by a friend of mine Dave Martin. Dave is no
longer with us, he passed away several years ago, after
his second battle with cancer. Dave was one of those guys
that you gave a problem to and he came up with half a
dozen solutions.
The solution for him for
an ultralight hangar, for his Beaver was to build one out
of metal tubing. The unique part of the structure is that
it is modular in construction. That is, it is a series of
smaller steel units, bolted together. The hangar is
"T" shaped - I believe it was 34 feet long and
10 feet to the bottom of the "T" with an
additional 10 feet in the "I" of the
"T" and 10 feet high.
Here is a shot of the complete hangar. Note the two
supports used for snow load. These have cables attached to
them that allow them to swing sideways and up into the
ceiling when the plane is being taken out.
Here is a
close up shot of the supports plus if you look at the
center part of the roof you will see a standoff. Dave
hooked a cable to the center of this and ran it out to the
sides for additional support.
Dave made the
side the whole hangar from square tubing in sections that
could be bolted, together. Here is a shot of the side of
the hangar. This is one of the "modules."
For the roof
Dave used wood joists connected to the front and back of
the hangar "T", covered with metal roofing.
This is how
Dave bolted the unit together.
The whole
hangar sat on pads which were used to level it. Again note
how the front and sides are bolted together.
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