REFLECTOR: Towing

[Pat Shea]

Jerry,

I too have a relatively steep ramp in front of my
hangar. I have a winch bolted to the floor near the
back. I tow it in forwards with a tow strap around the
nose gear which hooks to the cable (the nose gear can
take it - it also absorbs the landing impact this
direction).

The dead man switch is on a 30' cord, so I can guide
and hold the nose while the winch does its thing.

Pat

--- Jerry Teitsma <jerryteits at comcast.net> wrote:

> My ramp is too steep to manually push the Velocity
> back into the hangar.  I need to tow it in some
> fashion.  With my FG version, I intend to tow it
> backwards, pulling on the two main gear legs.  I
> have done this once and it doesn't seem to create
> problems.  If I do not buy a suitable tow vehicle, I
> intend to buy an electric winch bolted to the floor.
>  Is there a problem towing the plane backward?  



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