Tuesday, January 13, 2009

MiG-23 Engine Stand

Q: How do you lift a 5,000 pound Tumansky R-27F2-300 turbojet engine into its stand (when you're not really sure what you're doing)?



A: Very carefully!

We lifted one end with the A-frame hoist borrowed from the CAF and the other end with the forklift. It came up out of its shipping stand just an inch at a time.



We kept the camera rolling... if we dropped it, we definitely wanted that on video!



The "conservation" oil that was placed in the engine before shipping is amazingly slippery on the hangar floor. Cleanup is a must!



Here, Jon, Bruce and Roma are shown doing the famous CWAM "Ragfoot Shuffle".


Once on the stand the engine can easily be moved around. Adjustments allow each corner of the engine to be lifted slightly differently and a winch precisely controls the movement of the engine when it's put into the back of the MiG-23.

5 comments:

  1. The 'Ragfoot Shuffle' was way too funny! Good work guys!

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  3. What's more, when this is the situation, you would require an engine hoist to take out the engine from the auto. engine hoist

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  4. It's really necessary that we follow steps in using a machine very carefully because a single mistake might cause a fatal injury to people. Hands down to the operators in the picture and how they successfully managed to handle the machine without any problems, more info click on engine hoist.

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