The Cover-it hangars are nice but........ Here in MD we lost around 8
or 9 to the big snow storm in Feb. We received about 24" to 28" of
snow which colapsed several hangars, split the cloth or did some other
type of damage. From what was left of those hurricane Isabelle
finished them off. I have the ugly pictures if you're interested.
Unfortunately we lost several planes that were in those hangars.

Now having said that, I own one myself and it survived all of this
just fine. I have the oldest on the field (around '96 not sure, I
bought it used) and it's still on it's original cover. The hangar next
to me is the newest Cover-it on the field and it also made it through
just fine.

I think what saved ours and a couple others is the fact that we have
ours mounted on concrete slabs. I used Red Hat concrete anchor bolts
on all of the legs of the hangar. My hangar was originally on grass
when I bought it and I poured a slab in April of '02 and moved the
hangar to the slab, a job in itself!

My hangar is 35' wide and 25' deep and my neighbors' is 45' wide and
35' deep. I do have a couple of pin holes in the cover here and there
but they do not cause a problem so far. The only trouble I'm having is
with the zippers which are starting to wear out. I hope to get at
least a couple more years out of the cover.

Mark

Cherokee 140 in the hangar
Zenith 601XL in progress in the garage

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 02:55:28 GMT, john smith wrote:

Bill wrote:
FULL SUPPORT.. They even repaid me for the materials to run electric and
water to it !
The way they look at it is :
1: The is a waiting list of about 10 people for their open air hangars.
2: I probably will not take it with me, sell it to either the airport or
someoen else if I move
3: Makes the airport look better.. More planes and I did all the
landscaping and tree clearing so they get a concete tiedown if I do move !
It's called a "portable" hangar so no building permit needed.
Bill
Charlotte NC
Sundowner N9230S

How long does the cover last before UV eats it up?
What is the wind loading like?
How well is it anchored?