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Kellym
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 Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject: Tail Protection |
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Deems, any thought to putting a C150 style tail skid under the tiedown
ring? Just contemplating ways to protect the tail from the inevitable.
On 12/26/2010 7:34 PM, Deems Davis wrote:
| Quote: | Add to that, you are GUARANTEED to load/unload 2 people at the same
time, and rock the plane back on its tail, and potentially damage the
lower rudder fairing. I swore that I would NEVER do this, until on a
trip to No, Cal this summer with 200 hrs on the plane, at a fuel stop,
I was in a hurry to find a restroom, and sure enough......
Luckily, I never take my tie-down rings out, and that protected the
fairing, but I know of others who have not been so lucky. The
embarrassment was enough to 'remind' me for the next 200 hours.
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Deems Davis
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:52 pm Post subject: Tail Protection |
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I don't think anything additional is necessary, the tie down ring works well if it's left installed, I suppose that if you were parked in an area where the surface was full of potholes and the tie down ring fell into one of those, it would allow the rudder fairing to hit the ground, but that's a lot of IF's. Adding an additional protection is not worth the additional risk reduction IMO.
Deems
On 12/26/2010 8:34 PM, Kelly McMullen wrote: [quote]--> RV10-List message posted by: Kelly McMullen <kellym(at)aviating.com> (kellym(at)aviating.com)
Deems, any thought to putting a C150 style tail skid under the tiedown ring? Just contemplating ways to protect the tail from the inevitable.
On 12/26/2010 7:34 PM, Deems Davis wrote:
| Quote: | Add to that, you are GUARANTEED to load/unload 2 people at the same time, and rock the plane back on its tail, and potentially damage the lower rudder fairing. I swore that I would NEVER do this, until on a trip to No, Cal this summer with 200 hrs on the plane, at a fuel stop, I was in a hurry to find a restroom, and sure enough......
Luckily, I never take my tie-down rings out, and that protected the fairing, but I know of others who have not been so lucky. The embarrassment was enough to 'remind' me for the next 200 hours.
Deems *===================================================
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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:52 am Post subject: Tail Protection |
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I agree. The only benefit I could see would be if you are on grass a lot. The tiedown ring will easily bury itself in the ground and hit the rudder bottom fairing. Just another reason to make it removeable.
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On Dec 26, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Deems Davis wrote:
[quote] I don't think anything additional is necessary, the tie down ring works well if it's left installed, I suppose that if you were parked in an area where the surface was full of potholes and the tie down ring fell into one of those, it would allow the rudder fairing to hit the ground, but that's a lot of IF's. Adding an additional protection is not worth the additional risk reduction IMO.
Deems
On 12/26/2010 8:34 PM, Kelly McMullen wrote: | Quote: | --> RV10-List message posted by: Kelly McMullen <kellym(at)aviating.com> (kellym(at)aviating.com)
Deems, any thought to putting a C150 style tail skid under the tiedown ring? Just contemplating ways to protect the tail from the inevitable.
On 12/26/2010 7:34 PM, Deems Davis wrote:
| Quote: | Add to that, you are GUARANTEED to load/unload 2 people at the same time, and rock the plane back on its tail, and potentially damage the lower rudder fairing. I swore that I would NEVER do this, until on a trip to No, Cal this summer with 200 hrs on the plane, at a fuel stop, I was in a hurry to find a restroom, and sure enough......
Luckily, I never take my tie-down rings out, and that protected the fairing, but I know of others who have not been so lucky. The embarrassment was enough to 'remind' me for the next 200 hours.
Deems *===================================================
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dlm34077(at)q.com
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:36 am Post subject: Tail Protection |
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I struck mine and cracked the lower fiberglass. Replacement fiberglass part was about <$50 but the strobe tail light bracket was bent and unrepairable. I bought a new tail strobe and then Vans sent a new bracket for little or no charge. The "certified" bracket alone from the manufacturer was about $50 and was about 20 cents of formed aluminum.
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