Tying down the bird

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The requested URL /n51Y.htm was not found on this server.

So the plane blew away and was never found, eh?

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ


BTIZ wrote in message
news:Zrs9b.56831$Qy4.7945@fed1read05...
do not use open hooks especially with high winds..

look at www.aviation-salvage.com/n51Y.htm for results of open hooks
letting
go in a 57knt gust front..


"hnelson" wrote in message
m...
I have always been "knot challenged". For about $15 I got a set of nylon
tiedown straps with vinyl coated hooks from Costco. Set of 4. Two long
and
two short. The long ones work great for the wing tiedowns on my 182
short
one for the tail. Worked great during a tropical storm in LaPaz.

Howard

"david whitley" wrote in message
...
Hi group
I need some basic instruction.... I've been noticing tie down ropes.
The
knots folks use are all over the map. Is there a basic "best" knot for
tying
down the bird? We're looking at windy weather here in the NE this
weekend.
The ropes here on the Vineyard are poly-something.
A link to a picture would be nice.
Dave

http://www.aviation-salvage.com/N51Y.htm

must be a capital N thing.. it's still there... did a couple of cart wheels,
thankfully it was away from the tie down line... it could have been ugly...
there was about $1M worth of gliders on that tie down line... when the gust
front hit.. the other $500K where either in trailers or out on course.

BT

"John Clonts" wrote in message
...
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The requested URL /n51Y.htm was not found on this server.

So the plane blew away and was never found, eh?

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ


BTIZ wrote in message
news:Zrs9b.56831$Qy4.7945@fed1read05...
do not use open hooks especially with high winds..

look at www.aviation-salvage.com/n51Y.htm for results of open hooks
letting
go in a 57knt gust front..


"hnelson" wrote in message
m...
I have always been "knot challenged". For about $15 I got a set of
nylon
tiedown straps with vinyl coated hooks from Costco. Set of 4. Two long
and
two short. The long ones work great for the wing tiedowns on my 182
short
one for the tail. Worked great during a tropical storm in LaPaz.

Howard

"david whitley" wrote in message
...
Hi group
I need some basic instruction.... I've been noticing tie down ropes.
The
knots folks use are all over the map. Is there a basic "best" knot
for
tying
down the bird? We're looking at windy weather here in the NE this
weekend.
The ropes here on the Vineyard are poly-something.
A link to a picture would be nice.
Dave