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12-17-2010, 02:04 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Boone, Iowa
Posts: 342
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How much faster is a plane with these than the stock tie-downs?
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We will have to wait for some pireps on that. We can frame it between no change and the speed if they are removed. But just like the RV itself they look faster even when sitting still. 
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12-17-2010, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Wichita Falls, TX
Posts: 2,182
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Originally Posted by Ron Lee
How much faster is a plane with these than the stock tie-downs?
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Same exact speed.... you do unscrew them and stash them away in your baggage compartment when you're flying, and only screw them in once parked and tying down the aircraft don't you? 
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Airplaneless once again...
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12-17-2010, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,275
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Originally Posted by Neal@F14
Same exact speed.... you do unscrew them and stash them away in your baggage compartment when you're flying, and only screw them in once parked and tying down the aircraft don't you? 
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Funny. That would require too much bending, squatting and other difficult moves. Have I mentioned how much I hate working in the back of the instrument panel on a 6A slider?
I am curious about what looks like a hole for a bolt perpendicular to the rope hole. Is that there for a reason? (Note that sometimes I do not care if I appear "slow")
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12-17-2010, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Utah
Posts: 8,151
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Looks great! What's next Mike? How about retractable ones? Bunch of racers among us great market  .
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12-17-2010, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Posts: 3,932
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I'd bet the cross hole is so you can stick a screwdriver in there to help you turn it when you leave it in the airplane so long that it gets corroded in or something like that.
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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12-17-2010, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Lee's Summit, MO
Posts: 99
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Got 'em
installed on my RV-7. They are sweet.
Bill Gill
RV-7 N151WP
Lee's Summit, MO
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12-18-2010, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Looks like they'll whistle...
...at speed and their size will definitely create more drag than eyebolts.
I take mine out too.
Best,
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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12-18-2010, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
Posts: 4,514
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Originally Posted by pierre smith
...at speed and their size will definitely create more drag than eyebolts.
I take mine out too.
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Maybe they will whistle and scare deer....I'm installing deer whistles on my Honda Pilot as soon as it is returned from the repair shop. (:
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RV-7A...Sold #70374
The RV-8...Sold #83261
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12-18-2010, 09:33 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 2,125
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Just sent the link to mama...wonder if I've been a good boy this year!
Been wanting some stainless rings (the ones at West Marine are metric, and don't quite fit...AMHIK!  )
Rings out, speed tape on! These look like they'd fit in the little pouch on that RV bag...heck, they'd drop right in a pocket!
Gotta test the whistle though...that could be fun too. New meaning to "Came whistling into the break!" (that's the cousin of "Came smokin' into the break"...but that's another thread!)
Cheers,
Bob
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12-18-2010, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,275
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Bob, you can whistle and smoke during the overhead approach.
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