REFLECTOR: Tying down a Velocity

[Rene Dugas]

My experience is that the "wing ropes" will not reach if the nose is
tied down close.
Rene'

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of michalk
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:36 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Tying down a Velocity

I've seen this several places now.  It seems when people tie down, they 
have the wings right over the tiedown, and the nose gear is far away 
from the tiedown.

This seems opposite of how it should be.  Shouldn't the nosewheel be 
right at the tiedown?  It's the nose that is light and prone to tipping 
over the airplane.  The only benefit of the way I see it done is that 
there is only one tiedown line to trip over rather than two.

Tieing down the main wing would seem almost redundant anyway, other than

  a gust lifting one wing.  But since we have little dihedral, and not 
much of a moment with respect to the landing gear, it just doesn't look 
like the plane can get tipped over by the main wing.
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