Schweizer 1-34 Tail Tie Down?

[Papa3[_2_]]

The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup.

p3

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On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 4:09:44 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
> The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup.
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> p3

Hole through the tail wheel bracket accepts tie down ring or bolt.
UH

[Cookie]

We had a NEW tail wheel bracket installed on that 1-34...there is no hole for a rope or bolt or anything...nobody has the heart to drill a hole into the new bracket...the mechanic didn't want to either...

Cookie




On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 5:32:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 4:09:44 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
> > The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup.
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> > p3
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> Hole through the tail wheel bracket accepts tie down ring or bolt.
> UH

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On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 7:44:39 PM UTC-5, Cookie wrote:
> We had a NEW tail wheel bracket installed on that 1-34...there is no hole for a rope or bolt or anything...nobody has the heart to drill a hole into the new bracket...the mechanic didn't want to either...
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> Cookie
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> On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 5:32:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 4:09:44 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
> > > The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup.
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> > > p3
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> > Hole through the tail wheel bracket accepts tie down ring or bolt.
> > UH

Drill baby drill
UH

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:44:39 PM UTC-6, Cookie wrote:
> We had a NEW tail wheel bracket installed on that 1-34...there is no hole for a rope or bolt or anything...nobody has the heart to drill a hole into the new bracket...the mechanic didn't want to either...
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> Cookie

If you really don't want to drill a hole, how about a quick bit of outside the box thinking. Remove the axle bolt, take the tail wheel off, and put it in the cockpit. Put the axle bolt back in, and tie the rope around the axle bolt. No holes. Secured. May take an extra two minutes at the start and end of the day.

Just a thought...

Steve Leonard

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On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 9:41:45 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:44:39 PM UTC-6, Cookie wrote:
> > We had a NEW tail wheel bracket installed on that 1-34...there is no hole for a rope or bolt or anything...nobody has the heart to drill a hole into the new bracket...the mechanic didn't want to either...
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> > Cookie
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> If you really don't want to drill a hole, how about a quick bit of outside the box thinking. Remove the axle bolt, take the tail wheel off, and put it in the cockpit. Put the axle bolt back in, and tie the rope around the axle bolt. No holes. Secured. May take an extra two minutes at the start and end of the day.
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> Just a thought...
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> Steve Leonard

Another alternative is to weld a ring to the head of the axle bolt, onto which the tie down can be looped.

[JS]

On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 6:59:11 AM UTC-8, wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 9:41:45 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
> > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:44:39 PM UTC-6, Cookie wrote:
> > > We had a NEW tail wheel bracket installed on that 1-34...there is no hole for a rope or bolt or anything...nobody has the heart to drill a hole into the new bracket...the mechanic didn't want to either...
> > >
> > > Cookie
> >
> > If you really don't want to drill a hole, how about a quick bit of outside the box thinking. Remove the axle bolt, take the tail wheel off, and put it in the cockpit. Put the axle bolt back in, and tie the rope around the axle bolt. No holes. Secured. May take an extra two minutes at the start and end of the day.
> >
> > Just a thought...
> >
> > Steve Leonard
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> Another alternative is to weld a ring to the head of the axle bolt, onto which the tie down can be looped.

Perhaps going too far out of the box...
Chuck the rope around the tail boom?
Jim

[kirk.stant]

On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 3:09:44 PM UTC-6, Papa3 wrote:
> The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup.
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> p3

Does your 1-34 have a trailer? Every 1-34 trailer setup I've seen uses a bolt through holes in the tailwheel bracket to hold down the tail on the trailer. Perhaps, load the fuselage on it's trailer and see if a tail lockdown bracket is present, and drill appropriate holes as required...

Think of them as "lightening holes"...

Kirk
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