Monarch Trailer

May 23, 2002. Jerry nolan has a trailer. He decided to build a platform and we just turned the mold and trailer over and lowered it onto his frame.

	The mold and trailer starting to turn.
	The trailer has been removed from the mold.

Apr 24, 2002. Moving along with new ideas and more help!

	The trailer production line with one set of wings in one trailer.

Apr 06, 2002. Well we finally got things together to do a trial fitting... and yes it is a success! OK now to put on a few straps... and maybe some paint!

	Putting the wing in the holders.
	the right wing in the in the holder
	Getting ready for the left wing. It will be upside down.
	Ready to turn it over
	Raising the wing tips
	Ok pushing the wings into the trailer
	Almost in!
	Ok now easy with the fuselage.....
	Looking good!
	The entire Monarch fits!..... thats a relief!

Mar 4, 2002 We have John Nauberts trailer just about finished!

	Now doesn't that look neat!!
	Roll the fuselage up to the tray, lay it down then lift up the fin and push it in Say now isn't that nifty!! The fuselage just pushes in.

Feb 28, 2002. The tray works!

	The fuselage readied to be pushed into the trailer!
	There it is in the trailer...it works! Now for the wings!

Feb26, 2002. The track is in for the tray and the tray is just about operational.

The fuselage in the tray, Willie putting a layer of fiberglass on the door and the trailer in the far background.

Feb 19, 2002. All of the hardware is attached.

	The Tail fin part of the tray being made.. polyester sticky, smelly stuff!!!
	The tongue attached to the trailer with the coupler and trailer jack
	Toby drilling the tongue.
	The room inside is great.... a Monarch hangar!!!

Feb 12, 2002. Its right side up! The project is rather large and will require some adjustment to our building methods... but it works!!!

	Wille washing off the PVA.... looking good!!

Feb 09, 2002. We are moving along quite well on the trailers.

	Well there it is with the bottom pinned ready for glassing. We slid it along on foam... getting it out of the mold was a trick! HEAVY!!!
	The molds after removing the trailer top..... yes BIG!!!
	The plywood bottom partially attached Feb 8, 2002.
	Jim and bob looking over the situation!

Feb 07, 2002. The last layer of 18 oz roving was put on... our methods improved and it took only two hours for the last layer.

	The first layer of 18 oz roving!..... this work is fun!!!!
	Are we having fun!!
	Jeff mixing the polyester resin, note the barrel of resin.

2002

Feb 6, 2002. Real progress now bering made in making parts.

	A photo after the mat and 10oz layup with polyester..... This is a lot of work!... and two more layers to go of 18 oz roving!!
	Willie Hill laying the mat in the mold with Jeff looking on. Feb 5, 2002

Feb 2, 2002. It certainly has take a long time to propare the trailer molds... but the moment is near for casting the first one.

	The first test piece.... with our new gelcoat gun, one layer of mat cloth, one 10 oz with two layers of 18 ounce roving.... looks good!

Jan 23, 2002. The process of polishing the molds and repairing them is taking longer than esxpected but the end is in sight!

	Yes they are big!
	Nothing better than sanding by hand!!!

Jan 14, 2002. The molds have been worked on by Steve Lloyd and Jeff Longstaff.... yes hours of hand sanding to polish them! Should be ready for layup very shortly .

Dec 1, 2001. The molds are now being repaired from the damage caused from the polyestere eating some, of the foam.

A messy job but someone hasto do it! Here is Steve happily working away.

Nov 23, 2001. Finally the moment of truth!.... it was certainly a miserable task but we go the molds off! And the result is rather good. We did have a few areas where the polyester ate the foam... but in all, excellent molds.

Mike couts sweeps off the front mold after removing it from the plug. Yes those are very large molds!

Nov 17-10, 2001,

Well anyone who has worked in Polyester can certainly know the mess we got ourselves into..... I can't think of anything worse than to work in Polyester. But we did... and the reason....its cheap!

	The mold being made in the trailer department!
	Dave Brown and Steve Lloyd at work on the trailer mold.

Nov 11, 2001

Steve Lloyd putting epoxy on the plug flanges.

Oct 2001 OK the plug (jims old trailer) is inside our shop . We have increased the height to accomodate a tray for the fuselage. This is going to be one large plug so we have decided to divide it into four parts that bolt together. The parts will be made a section at a time and those parts will be bolted and then fiberglassed together. It is also possible to ship the parts disassembled for tgrailer kits.

Wing cuff for the wingtips. Wheels are mounted on the bottom that are guided by rails on the bottom of the trailer. Oct 2000

this is Kevin Johnson sanding Jim Marske's trailer to make a plug for the new trailer production. We are using a polyester filler. Oct 2000

Here is Jerry Nolans basic frame for the Monarch Trailer to fit the monarch Trailer drawings. October 2000

Without the trailer the Monarch is rather a difficult object to move around and store safely. Jim designed a trailer back in the 70's. I decided to design a better one and worked on that project for a number of hours before I came up with the answer! Yes I was right back with Jim's original design! But I did add a tray for the fuselage and made the trailer slightly higher to give more room for the fuselage tray. -mat

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