Tie downs
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:31 am
Thanks for your comments Ben. I recently saw some pictures of pretty
severe damage to the ailerons on a Moose that, while tied down, didn't
have the controls locked in place.
I've walked around Oshkosh for a number of years and continue to marvel
at how cavalier some--a lot--of folks are about tying their expensive
planes down. Wouldn't take much wind at all to move them around.
Ted
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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 6:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Ted's Alaska trip, tools and spare parts
One of the things that I appreciated seeing from Ted's site is the
fly-ties
tiedown kit. Having lost an ultralight to tie-down break away I'm
pretty
wary of winds coming up while parked -- I know wing loading helps but I
shake
my head seeing how planes are sometimes left.
Any pro-con comments to off-airport tie-down methods such as the
fly-ties? I
would think too, that if possible you want the plane parked tail into
the
wind (controls locked in neutral position) and a fly-tie set on the tail
as
well. And btw, Ted, thanks for the web site -- look forward to "wasting"
more
valuable build time myself as your trip gets going!!
-Ben
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severe damage to the ailerons on a Moose that, while tied down, didn't
have the controls locked in place.
I've walked around Oshkosh for a number of years and continue to marvel
at how cavalier some--a lot--of folks are about tying their expensive
planes down. Wouldn't take much wind at all to move them around.
Ted
-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
bransom@dcsol.com
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 6:06 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: Ted's Alaska trip, tools and spare parts
One of the things that I appreciated seeing from Ted's site is the
fly-ties
tiedown kit. Having lost an ultralight to tie-down break away I'm
pretty
wary of winds coming up while parked -- I know wing loading helps but I
shake
my head seeing how planes are sometimes left.
Any pro-con comments to off-airport tie-down methods such as the
fly-ties? I
would think too, that if possible you want the plane parked tail into
the
wind (controls locked in neutral position) and a fly-tie set on the tail
as
well. And btw, Ted, thanks for the web site -- look forward to "wasting"
more
valuable build time myself as your trip gets going!!
-Ben
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