----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- The wings of a coupe are easily removed. My girlfriend and I removed ours in about 45 minutes. Of course you will have to have an IA inspect it after you reassemble them and sign it off before flying again but the process is really quite easy. All you do is remove the screws holding the panels in place. There are about 500 of them... ok not that many but it feels like there are on a hot tarmac. Then you will be able to see the large wing spar bolts, the rear wing attachment bolt, linkages to the aeriolons and electrical connection wires and pitot tube hose. Disconnect the wires and hose, pull the cotter pins out of the bolts, remove the bolts and then the wing. Make sure all the hardware is kept together. A good socket and wrench set, screwdriver and a long prybar handle for the large sockets and normal box end wrenches were all that I needed. The long prybar is the most important as a normal socket wrench won't fit because the head is too big. One bolt can be held with a socket, universal and socket wrench extension, but you need the prybar on the other bolt to get enough torque to bust them loose. There isn't much room to work and you can only move them a little at a time. You will need a 15/16" socket and a 1" socket for the large bolts. What I did was get a towing company with a large flatbed truck. The wheels are 8' from wheel to wheel and most flatbeds are about 7 ½ feet across. So, you will have to guide the tires on the edge surrounding the flatbed. I lowered the air in the tires to get them to straddle the edges. It worked great and the towing company was thrilled to death to have bragging rights for towing a plane! We strapped it down around the gear struts and kept our speed below take off speed! I wrapped the wings in lots of blankets and we secured them to the bed under the plane. Of course the pain in the butt is towing charges and the cost of having an IA sign off your plane again, but it beats leaving it out on a ramp somewhere. Will ==^================================================================
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