The tie down procedure I use on my trigear is one rope thru the eye bolt in
the tail, and then two screw anchors about two feet in front of the wings,
spaced about ten feet apart. I then run a 1/4" rope from one screw anchor
up and over the space between the prop spinner and the cowling, and then
down to the other screw anchor. This holds the front of the plane in place.
Ideally, I should have built retractable tiedown hooks into the wings, but
this procedure works as well as anything else I could come up with.
Garry Stout
A060, N4220S trigear 914 CS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Carpenter" <europaxs@gmail.com>
> This year we are taking the Europa to Oshkosh.
> I was reviewing the rules, approach procedure etc.. I noticed it said
> "All plans must be tied down.. etc."
> We have 1 eye bolt on the back to hold the tail down, but nothing on the
> wings.. nor do we plan to put some there.
>
> How have you guys tied down the wings without eye bolts?
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