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11-24-2011, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Anderson MO
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RV-12 Tie Down
Where are the tie down locations located for the RV-12?
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11-24-2011, 10:10 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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tiedowns
middle of wing underside and at rear of tail they are removable screw in eyes
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11-25-2011, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Perryville, MD
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Would it be acceptable to use the wingtip handles to tie down?
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11-25-2011, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Originally Posted by JoeM
Would it be acceptable to use the wingtip handles to tie down?
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Hi Joe,
The wing tie-downs are very strongly attached to the front spar to take the load, the wing tip handles were designed to allow you to hold about 50 pounds (the maximum weight you will see at that end of the wing) when handling the wing, they work just fine as hand holds but would not take the load of the aircraft trying to fly while tied down. It is a very simple thing to screw in the tie-down rings when you tie it down.
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Vern
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11-25-2011, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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RV-12 Tie Down
There is also a loop welded to the lower portion of the nose gear leg that can also be used for tie down purposes. The presence of a nose wheel pant makes such use somewhat problematic, but you could still "triangulate" some kind of tie down rope/spike arranagement if the winds were forecast to really howl. David
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11-25-2011, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Anderson MO
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Tie Down
What drawing shows the tie down?
We did not build the wings. We do not have a hole where the tie dowen should be attached
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11-25-2011, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Originally Posted by Alschief
What drawing shows the tie down?
We did not build the wings. We do not have a hole where the tie dowen should be attached
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13-02 and 17-02 (step 3 and Fig 2). Should be an easy fix.
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11-25-2011, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Meridian, ID
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If you look at the top of the wings, you will find a small hole just opposite of where the tie downs go on the bottom of the wings. If you ever need a crane to lift your 12 straight up (for loading on a barge for example), you can drill out these holes in the top of the wings, insert 3/8" eye-bolts and attach a lifting cradle to the eye-bolts. Learned this little tidbit on a recent visit to the factory. They are always thinking ahead.
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11-25-2011, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Unless you are going EAB. For the ELSA people, you are supposed to drill out the top wing "tiedowns" as well as the bottom. I am looking for some sort of machine gun or rocket fixtures to fill the holes with.
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Originally Posted by ChuckC
If you look at the top of the wings, you will find a small hole just opposite of where the tie downs go on the bottom of the wings. If you ever need a crane to lift your 12 straight up (for loading on a barge for example), you can drill out these holes in the top of the wings, insert 3/8" eye-bolts and attach a lifting cradle to the eye-bolts. Learned this little tidbit on a recent visit to the factory. They are always thinking ahead.
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11-25-2011, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Lacey, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alschief
What drawing shows the tie down?
We did not build the wings. We do not have a hole where the tie dowen should be attached
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There is the (maybe remote) possiblilty that the builder did not tap the holes for the tie downs. Why would they not open the access holes?
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