On Feb 2, 11:34*am, John Smith wrote:
The technique is 6 deeply buried concrete tie down anchors per glider
- nose, tail and two on each wing - one inboard and one outboard. *On
flex-winged composite gliders, wing stands are used. *The gliders are
oriented 90 degrees to the high-wind direction.

I'll never understand how somebody would tie down a plastic glider
outside rather than put it in the trailer. Rigging a modern glider is a
matter of 10 minutes but possibly worth a couple of thousand dollars.

I have to agree that putting it in the trailer would be the most
prudent thing to do. I'd like to be the kind of guy that would
actually do it, but I'm not. After a 5 - 8 hour flight, all I want is
a beer, something to eat, an access point to upload my flight, and
bed. The 1/2 hour required to pull the trailer to the glider, de-rig
and box it, then park the trailer and disconnect it from the truck
seems like a monumental task at the end of the day, especially when it
will be flown the next day, and the next.....