Didsbury Engineering provide a wide range of off-the-shelf hoists each are specifically designed for the task, fully tested and approved by aircraft manufacturers and listed in their tooling equipment manuals (TEMs) and aircraft maintenance manuals (AMMs).
Our hoist kits are light and portable with quick fitting attachments that can be assembled in a variety of configurations to suite specific lifting requirements, used to remove and install many high value aircraft components often situated in inaccessible spaces such as APUs, engines, landing gears, actuators, fairings, doors, ailerons, spoilers, batteries, air conditioning units and electric packs.
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Didsbury Minilift Hoist datasheet |
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Air Powered Drive datasheet |
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Transportation/Storage Cases datasheet |
The Didsbury Fishpole hoist kit is specifically designed Boeing Aircraft for the removal/installation of the APU and is specified in the Boeing AMMs.
The fishpole hoist kit is available as a complete kit to address all the specified aircraft as detailed in the aircraft application sheet, or alternatively, as a number of sub-configurations dedicated to aircraft type.
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Lightweight Tape Hoist datasheet |