Snow over ice

I thought about the winch system, but my plane weighs around 5,000lbs.
Pulling on the tail tie down ring might just rip it off. There unfortunately
is no way even four people could push it upslope on our ramp on the ice.

If it won't take being winched up a slight grade (I can't believe your
ramp is all THAT steep), then it certainly can't be relied on to tie
down your airplane in any significant wind.

It would be interesting for an engineer-type (which I am most
definitely NOT) to figure out the air-loads on the vertical and
horizontal stabilizers of Viperdoc's Baron. I wonder how many
thousands of pounds of pressure are being exerted on that empennage
every time he flies?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 2007-12-20, Jay Honeck wrote:
definitely NOT) to figure out the air-loads on the vertical and
horizontal stabilizers of Viperdoc's Baron. I wonder how many
thousands of pounds of pressure are being exerted on that empennage
every time he flies?

I'd presume tens of pounds not thousands. The horizontal stab in normal
level flight only provides a small amount of downforce (if it had to
provide thousands of pounds, the aircraft would be horrifically
inefficient and very nose heavy)

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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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