Moving Gliders

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 8:49:57 PM UTC-5, Paul Agnew wrote:
Best practices for moving gliders around?

Stacking the hangar...

Staging...

Clearing the runway...



I've recently been told that the Europeans never move a glider by the wingtips, but it's almost a necessity when stacking our hangar. (Gliders are on wheel sleds, so the load is not high.) Things can be tight and we often need someone on each wing to prevent hangar rash, but don't have someone as a wingroot pusher.

There are some significant some differences of opinions due to various culture and practices differences from previous clubs. So, what does your club do?

Paul A.

I suppose if you really leaned on a wing tip, say 80 lbs worth of 'grunt"
you might exert 2000 lbs on a forward or aft root pin location, 4000lbs if the pin is only 6 inches from the spar. Not an insignificant force.

Scott.