Glider Hangers
The
OxAero Sidewiser Hangar accommodates two gliders in
a quality steel building of minimal proportions. The
floor plan is designed to minimize costs without sacrificing
needs or convenience.
In fact, this hangar provides two advantages not
found in larger, conventional hangars:
- Packing
and unpacking the gliders is a simple, easy, one-person
job.
- Properly
used, it virtually eliminates hangar rash incidents.
The
flagship hangar was constructed at the Memphis Soaring
Society glider port (Lawrence Field) in Cherry Valley,
AR.
The economy of this design comes from moving the gliders
in and out through the narrow end of the building and
from configuring the gliders nose-to-tail so that one
wing of each glider passes over the tail boom of the
other. This configuration means that the hangar is only
10 feet longer than one designed for a single glider.
So, a small increase in cost doubles the capacity and
almost cuts the per glider cost in half.
Although its dimensions are small, the sidewiser hangar
can also accommodate two glider trailers, a workbench,
storage lockers/shelves and a golf cart for glider towing
and gliderport transportation. Besides a bathroom and
living quarters it's hard to imagine anything else a
larger hangar can offer.
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