Michael Horowitz wrote:

Assuming wet snow on the wings of a highwing (Taylorcraft in this
case),

Because of the presence of the struts, I'm trying to visualize if the
spars would be hurt by the weight.

I've viewing the strut attach point as a pivot point. Assuming an even
distribution of snow, the moment around that point would be zero and
no harm done.

The bending moment at the strut attachment point is not null (instead likely
not far from the maximum).


are there other forces I should take into account? - Mike

Yes: shear. It's probably best to forget about all that and resort to Del's
broom approach.

- Holger