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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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I have three passions in life, my wife, radio control airplanes and riding my sporty,it's the last two that I need help with, and my hope is that someone here can point me in the right direction. I want to get a trailer to two behind my sporty to carry my airplanes and support equipment to the flying site, that way I can combine all three at the same time, wife would ride her sporty, I would ride mine towing the trailer with my gear and then we could have some fun flying. I would want a hitch that would be easily removable from the bike and the trailer would have to be large enough to hold wings that range anywhere from 40" to 72" and fuselages anywhere from 12" to 60". The total weight of the airplanes and support equipment would be less than my wife riding 2up with me (120lbs). Does anyone have any ideas?

 
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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Given the wingspan and fuselage lengths, maybe you should consider a sidecar? [sm=badidea.gif]
 
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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Towing and motorcycles just don't seem to mix....Not that its necessarily dangerous but rather wear and tear on the bike. By the way my four passions in life my RC airplanes, RC Helicopters, RC cars and my Sporty.
 
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All,

I have three passions in life, my wife, radio control airplanes and riding my sporty,it's the last two that I need help with, and my hope is that someone here can point me in the right direction. I want to get a trailer to two behind my sporty to carry my airplanes and support equipment to the flying site, that way I can combine all three at the same time, wife would ride her sporty, I would ride mine towing the trailer with my gear and then we could have some fun flying. I would want a hitch that would be easily removable from the bike and the trailer would have to be large enough to hold wings that range anywhere from 40" to 72" and fuselages anywhere from 12" to 60". The total weight of the airplanes and support equipment would be less than my wife riding 2up with me (120lbs). Does anyone have any ideas?
I have the same 3 addictions but have not found a satisfactory solution, sorry....
 
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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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Ozzy37, I don't want to turn this into a R/C forum but I'm thinking of getting into R/C planes too. What's a good set-up to start with?
 
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Bushmaster,

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