While I am waiting for my wing kit I thought I would make the tie down equipment. There are some excellent threads on the subject. My concern is by the time I load my wife and luggage into the plane I will be having to calculate how much fuel to leave out.
With this in mind I thought I would like to reduce the weight of the tiedowns. If I use titanium instead of steel I can halve the weight for five times the cost. Now I think I am also going to lose some strenght. Has anyone out there had any experience with using titanium pegs.
For my next idea I thought I could use a titanium axe which could also double as part of the emergency equipment. My thoughts are as these axes weigh in at 9-10 Oz., will they have enough weight to drive the pegs into the ground.
I guess there will be a number of trade offs with the different options, but it would be interesting to see what has been tried.
Julian
RV 120316
With this in mind I thought I would like to reduce the weight of the tiedowns. If I use titanium instead of steel I can halve the weight for five times the cost. Now I think I am also going to lose some strenght. Has anyone out there had any experience with using titanium pegs.
For my next idea I thought I could use a titanium axe which could also double as part of the emergency equipment. My thoughts are as these axes weigh in at 9-10 Oz., will they have enough weight to drive the pegs into the ground.
I guess there will be a number of trade offs with the different options, but it would be interesting to see what has been tried.
Julian
RV 120316