Anyone have an issue with a Bo "sitting down" like this when traveling and your bird is stuck outside in the elements? I have seen tail stands on Caravans and a couple other larger aircraft. Nice to be in a hanger!

Hope they don't get damaged if all that ice lets loose at the same time.

Leaving my plane out in the snow is not an option. I would rather drive.

I thought the C pic was funny. That Bo pic is just plain sad.

Eeeek! Those photo's are interesting to look at, but they make me cringe.

Rob

If you own a traveling machine eventually its going to be in the weather. I'd rather enjoy my plane that worry about a hangar 24-7-365.

SOP in ALaska, seems to do no harm.

I thought there are only 52 weeks in a year

I agree. The plane is to be used...

Tim

+1

I'd park 'em backwards on the "T" if I knew there was snow on the way. Use the tail tie-down chain on the nose gear instead.

Why? What's wrong with letting the nose come up?

Tying nose would just impart more stresses in the airframe.

I severely disagree.

When the snow starts coming down, it accumulates under the airplane at about the same time as on the airplane. Then the snow starts to accumulate on the v tail. Eventually the tail slowly lowers onto the newly fallen snow. When the snow begins to melt, the tail eventually gets lighter and the nose settles slowly down.

If you tie your nose down, you will have a significant amount of snow accumulated on the tail. Snow is water, water is heavy. Tie the nose down and you have what I would assume is the equivalent of 400 or 500 pounds standing on the tail at a moment of over 250! So, would you clean your tail by standing on it? No, I don't think so.

I forgot to mention, You would be AMAZED at how little snow it takes to make an airplane "sit." I'm I found an airplane like these one day and started cleaning off the tail. The nose didn't drop until the tail was almost empty of snow.

Live in Northwest Washington. Rain doesn't weigh anything.

I live in Arizona. What's snow?