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Attach to the towbar when winching your plane into the hanger. |
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== Hanger Winch == | == Hanger Winch == | ||
I use a winch to pull my tiger into the hanger. I do NOT attach the winch to the tail or the steps. I have rings welded to the towbar where it attaches to the nose wheel. A snap hook connects a 6 ft rope from one side of the nose wheel to the other side. Riding on the rope is a pully to which is attached the winch cable. The pulling load is kept centered by the pully while I steer. This works great and puts the winching force where you normally would manually with the towbar. | [[Image:winch-pully.JPG|thumb|200 px|Overview of the winching system]] | ||
[[Image:winch-attach.JPG|thumb|200 px|Rings welded to tow bar with snap hooks attached]] | |||
[[Image:winch-overall.JPG|thumb|200 px|Yellow poly rope is attached to winch cable (easier to handle). Pully rides on rope to even the pull to both sides of the nose wheel while steering.]] | |||
I use a winch to pull my tiger into the hanger. I do NOT attach the winch to the tail or the steps. See the [[Tail_Tiedown_Repair|tail tiedown repair]] page for an example of possible damage from a winch. I have rings welded to the towbar where it attaches to the nose wheel. A snap hook connects a 6 ft rope from one side of the nose wheel to the other side. Riding on the rope is a pully to which is attached the winch cable. The pulling load is kept centered by the pully while I steer. This works great and puts the winching force where you normally would manually with the towbar. | |||
Brad Keleher | Brad Keleher | ||
Latest revision as of 23:52, 16 May 2008
Hanger Winch
I use a winch to pull my tiger into the hanger. I do NOT attach the winch to the tail or the steps. See the tail tiedown repair page for an example of possible damage from a winch. I have rings welded to the towbar where it attaches to the nose wheel. A snap hook connects a 6 ft rope from one side of the nose wheel to the other side. Riding on the rope is a pully to which is attached the winch cable. The pulling load is kept centered by the pully while I steer. This works great and puts the winching force where you normally would manually with the towbar.
Brad Keleher
