Your points make total sense. Points well taken. I will not use that number
anymore. It does beg the question though of WHAT it can really take. I don't
believe any tests are required or have been done for most aircraft so we
really can't be sure. Maybe I should start worrying about the 50 kt winds
after all...

Marco


"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
...

The manuevering speed on my Warrior is 111 kts which translates to about
128
mph.

Manouvering speed isn't a reasonable number to use here. What
manouvering
speed does is say that you a full control input will stall you before you
exceed
the loading limits (also note that the stall comes at higher speeds when
you are
not at the gross weight so the manouvering speed is lower than the 111
knots
indicated above). This is not an issue of control deflection. Your
plane is
not stalled, and not going to stall as it's attitude is artificially
constrained.

The question is whether the tiedowns and what they are connected to on
your
plane can take the aerodynamic forces. Also note that you're not
necessarily
going to have the wind coming head on to the nose.






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