wiping snow off

wrote:

For a standard trainer type airplane does anyone (who owns one not used
for training) go out to the airport when not flying just to wipe the
snow off? Does the weight of snow and/or ice damage surfaces, etc?

Generally, no. It would take a lot of wet snow to exceed the design air
loads that wings and tail surfaces can withstand. Just take a look at
the number of sandbags they load on wings during testing.


Matt