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Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:59 am

Tiedowns

With winter weather and strong winds on the horizon, don't forget those tiedowns.

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Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:05 am

Re: Tiedowns

lowflybye wrote:With winter weather and strong winds on the horizon, don't forget those tiedowns.

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Good one Chris.


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Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:19 am

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Hey Rob, did you check out the October photo of the month? When I posted "Communicating" I figured it would be your favorite..."keeping up foreign relations"...LOL
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:14 am

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Hey Nice! I voted for my pic. :)
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:16 am

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emflys wrote:Hey Nice! I voted for my pic. :)


I thought you might. :wink:
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:59 am

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emflys wrote:Hey Nice! I voted for my pic. :)



I voted for yours, too!
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:53 pm

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Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:11 pm

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Man, how did I miss that...I really gotta quit ignoring everything Rooster says. :lol:
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Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:46 pm

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lowflybye wrote:With winter weather and strong winds on the horizon, don't forget those tiedowns.


That was pretty interesting. I always see pilots tie the tail down on nose draggers, and it always seemed to me that it would be better to tie the nose down, thus keeping the wing at a minimum angle of attack. That video seemed to prove that. The plane did not even budge until the tail dropped, increasing the angle of attack, then up, up, and away.

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Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:35 pm

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My 63 P172D has a tie down under the engine. behind the nose gear strut. I've never used it, but maybe I should! :)

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