chrispratt
Well Known Member
Recent re-grading of the taxi way in front of my hangar has significantly increased the slope of the surface (grass/dirt/mud depending on the weather) and made it impossible for me to pull my airplane into the hangar by myself. I have the Bogert Bogi-Bar which is great but no match for the new slope/terrain combination. So it looks like it's time to buy a powered towbar for my -8.
In exploring the AC Spruce site and the Internet I've found references to Tow Buddy, Power Tow, and Tail-Dragger Dragger, but the information offered is scant and the tailwheel adapters I've seen are all for Scott style tailwheels which are much larger than the -8's.
At $1k+ for these babies, I'm leery of buying anything without some recommendations. Can anyone offer any experience with any of these or others on an RV tailwheel airplane and can recommend a brand?
Thanks.
Chris
P.S. In case you're wondering, I've tried the aircraft winch sold by AC Spruce and it broke on the first use. Might work okay for a nosewheel airplane where you can guide the plane from the front but latching it to the tail results in a bad oscillation that gets worse and worse.
In exploring the AC Spruce site and the Internet I've found references to Tow Buddy, Power Tow, and Tail-Dragger Dragger, but the information offered is scant and the tailwheel adapters I've seen are all for Scott style tailwheels which are much larger than the -8's.
At $1k+ for these babies, I'm leery of buying anything without some recommendations. Can anyone offer any experience with any of these or others on an RV tailwheel airplane and can recommend a brand?
Thanks.
Chris
P.S. In case you're wondering, I've tried the aircraft winch sold by AC Spruce and it broke on the first use. Might work okay for a nosewheel airplane where you can guide the plane from the front but latching it to the tail results in a bad oscillation that gets worse and worse.