rwellner98
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With a heavy heart, here is the last video of N222TF.
Gotta roll my eyes when people trust $50+k AC to $10 nylon rope.
I don't see the problem replacing this spam (well, rag and tube I suppose) can.
Okay, given both of your complete lack of empathy or sensitivity, I'll go ahead and say it on @rwellner98 's behalf.
Go have sexual relations with yourself.
I wonder when the last time those nylon ropes were replaced?
If they are like the common tie downs that i see eveywhere the answer is never.
Gotta roll my eyes when people trust $50+k AC to $10 nylon rope.
MY post's point was that every post above mine kept talking about moving on, like this thing kicked him out the hobby. There was a further insinuation that the market has inflated beyond the OPs ability to replace it by insurance. I simply disagreed. It is my opinion that, if previously insured, this is not a game ender in this market compared to the previous 18mo, where the delta could have been legitimately dramatic. That's what my post said.
Sorry you're going through this. I bought my 182 in December and the insurance company didn't want to insure it for what I figured it would take to replace it. I finally convinced them, but since then prices have gone up enough I couldn't replace it for the insured value.I bought it for 103. Insured it for 120. If you can find me a 2002-ish m7-235 with a comparable IFR panel for 120k I'll pay you a thousand bucks finders fee. The two even remotely comparable ones I've seen so far were priced at 180 and 220.
Sorry you're going through this. I bought my 182 in December and the insurance company didn't want to insure it for what I figured it would take to replace it.
Maybe, but is this a good time to bring it up? While still dealing with the loss?Could using chains instead of ropes have made a difference? Or perhaps doubling up with two ropes? For those that tie down full time instead of hangaring (not saying that’s the case with this one), are there any extra precautions they take to prevent this from happening? Some ag pilots tie their crop duster outside, the very airplane in which they make a living.
I use these.
I just watched some of your videos. They're beautiful! So sorry about your plane, but looking forward to your next plane and next videos!!
I don't tighten them up, I always leave some slack except on the tail.Ratchet straps don't have much stretch and make it easy to put a negative load on the wings. Lots more information in the thread I linked above.
Thanks!
Everyone will have their opinions, but you'll certainly find chains in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma. When the winds stops blowing up there, people fall over.Could using chains instead of ropes have made a difference?
I don't tighten them up, I always leave some slack except on the tail.
Everyone will have their opinions, but you'll certainly find chains in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma. When the winds stops blowing up there, people fall over.
I used to climb mountains.
Before the Ashford Airport disappeared we'd fly the Cub in, hitchhike to Paradise and climb Mt Rainier from there. When I parked outside for the summer I used my old 150' climbing rope.
Cracked spar or airplane blowing over... weather will always destroy airplanes if it's bad enough. I've seen several airplanes that were tied down destroyed when the wind ripped the tie-downs out of the ground. I've seen a plane destroyed when another plane that wasn't tied down properly blew into it. I've seen planes crushed in collapsed hangars. I've never seen one with a cracked spar because of a chain, but sounds like it happens.Yup, Alaska also. Anywhere you find enough wind to warrant chains, you'll also find chained planes with cracked spars from shock loading.
Cracked spar or airplane blowing over... weather will always destroy airplanes if it's bad enough. I've seen several airplanes that were tied down destroyed when the wind ripped the tie-downs out of the ground. I've seen a plane destroyed when another plane that wasn't tied down properly blew into it. I've seen planes crushed in collapsed hangars. I've never seen one with a cracked spar because of a chain, but sounds like it happens.