Spindelberger wing cuffs for tiedown; severe winds
"Mitch Polinsky" wrote in message
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I want to be able to leave my glider assembled and tied down all
summer, with Jaxida covers on it, but am concerned about how to secure
it against the occasional severe winds we get at Minden.
I can't advise you on the wing cuffs, but use a tail stand to level the
glider and don't forget to add a tiedown to your tow hook. Both of those can
greatly reduce the force on your wing tiedowns, particularly from head-on winds.
Adding that 4th tiedown also gives you a bit of redundancy so that your glider
is not as free to flop around if you lose one of your wing tiedowns.
Vaughn
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