They showed an auger style tiedown ... but never tested it, they only tested the spiral anchor which is NOT an equal comparison. Correct me if I'm wrong someone. I think that would have tested the best out of all of those
when i bought my airplane I asked the former owner if he has taken her to Oshkosh or Lakeland, his answer was NO!, you could be caught in a severe weather, hail or a tornado, and there will be no time for you to escape, so I will follow his 5 year old advice and fly commercial againg this year!
I use the EAA , homebuilt design for my a/c. It has 3 , 18 inch pins on each tie down. They take some pounding to get them in the ground but , for example, when I used them at S&F last month, they went through a much more substantial layer that was about 10 inches down! I was not there during the tornado but I could imagine that if your tie downs were not deep enough, they would not hold very well, no matter what type you used....
Test rig pulls straight up. I don't know about you, but I sure don't place the tiedowns so the load is straight up, lifting them out of the ground. Much better to have longer lines allowing the stakes to be set up wide adding some horizontal vector.
There is something to be said for ease of removal not by wind but for teardown. I used cable anchor's last year (Nelson tiedown kit) and spent about two hours cussing trying to unscrew them when I really needed to be in the air. I'm trying something else this year.
They showed an auger style tiedown ... but never tested it, they only tested the spiral anchor which is NOT an equal comparison. Correct me if I'm wrong someone. I think that would have tested the best out of all of those
mtnrider001 9 months ago
when i bought my airplane I asked the former owner if he has taken her to Oshkosh or Lakeland, his answer was NO!, you could be caught in a severe weather, hail or a tornado, and there will be no time for you to escape, so I will follow his 5 year old advice and fly commercial againg this year!
i think he was no fool at all!!
ironbear79 10 months ago
I use the EAA , homebuilt design for my a/c. It has 3 , 18 inch pins on each tie down. They take some pounding to get them in the ground but , for example, when I used them at S&F last month, they went through a much more substantial layer that was about 10 inches down! I was not there during the tornado but I could imagine that if your tie downs were not deep enough, they would not hold very well, no matter what type you used....
idleopdes 10 months ago
arrrhhh... don't put the stuff on the wing !!!
MetaView7 1 year ago
Test rig pulls straight up. I don't know about you, but I sure don't place the tiedowns so the load is straight up, lifting them out of the ground. Much better to have longer lines allowing the stakes to be set up wide adding some horizontal vector.
cshk100 1 year ago
AVweb, your recordings are still very low volume, please fix.
LTF85199 2 years ago 2
There is something to be said for ease of removal not by wind but for teardown. I used cable anchor's last year (Nelson tiedown kit) and spent about two hours cussing trying to unscrew them when I really needed to be in the air. I'm trying something else this year.
pilotmattk 2 years ago
*****
ubuibiok 2 years ago