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+Found Some!
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 ====== Lifting Boat Wheels ======
 Some crazy guy (joke) [[http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?166255-I-want-to-build-airplane-lifting-wheels-into-my-boat-Im-building-but-dont-know-how|on the Woodenboat forum]] wanted to build "airplane style lifting wheels" into his mirror-like dinghy. Couldn't resist the challenge.
-It's made pretty much entirely from plywood. The lid both keeps the wheels up and down, as well as closing off the well.
+It's made pretty much entirely from plywood. The lid keeps the wheels both up and down, as well as closing off the top of the well.
+Things I haven't really figured out:
+  *How to close the well with some kind of cover. It can probably be done automatically, with a bungy connected to the cover and the lid (I've got an idea but too lazy to draw it).
+  *How to keep the lid in the locked down position, preventing the wheels from coming up.
+  *The nitty gritty construction details, like how to keep this waterproof, integrate into the hull shape etc.
+  *Placement - You could use the inside buoyancy tank wall as part of it, or put them as wide apart as possible.
-Things left to figure out:
+At the front, I'd cut a couple of nice handholds in the mirror bow, with a stand that retracts into the hull or folds up against the bow.
-  * How to close the well with some kind of cover. It can probably be done automatically, with a bungy connected to the cover and the lid (I've got an idea but too lazy to draw it).
-  * How to keep the lid in the locked down position, preventing the wheels from coming up.
-  * The nitty gritty construction details, like how to keep this waterproof, integrate into the hull shape etc.
-  * Placement - You could use the inside buoyancy tank wall as part of it, or put them as wide apart as possible.
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