REFLECTOR: Tying down a Velocity

[Scott Derrick]

I tie down backwards to a conventional plane. 

Wings close to the tie downs, nose over the conventional tail position, 
I have a tie down loop up in the nose wheel well.

Never had a problem here in the windy southwest.

Scott

michalk wrote:
> 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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