Wheel Landings 170

[johneeb]

Jason, did you drive for nascar before you took up flying? (victory celebration donuts)

[cessna170bdriver]

200 pounds still sounds pretty heavy to me. I have had to change a tailwheel tire up at Johnson Creek and I don't seem to remember the tailwheel being anywhere near that heavy. I do remember lifting it with my back under the horizontal stabilizer.

200 lbs. doesn't sound out of the realm of possibility to me. I used to lift mine that way too, and I always noticed that it got MUCH lighter as it raised.

PS: After seeing my buckled left side horizontal stabilizer ribs a few weeks ago, I vow to never lift it that way again.

[blueldr]

Miles,

When it becomes necessary to lift the tail of an airplane in, or on, a back country air strip, one uses what is available.

[48rwflyboy]

Oh my! When blueldr said he lifted it with his back, and I did the same thing, I never pictured lifting from the horizontal stabilizer, but only from under the fuselage itself very near the tail getting down on all fours and lifting only with my back long enough to let someone put a block of wood under the tailspring. Sorry to here about the buckled ribs! Did I read your post right cessna170driver?

[edbooth]

Miles,

When it becomes necessary to lift the tail of an airplane in, or on, a back country air strip, one uses what is available.

I have lifted mine a couple times having to repair a flat tail wheel tire down at the end of a long runway. I always lifted the tail making sure I was directly under the horizontal stabilizer spar, close to the fuselage. I always carried a spare tire/tube, tube repair kit and a small air pump just in case.

[counsellj]

Miles,

When it becomes necessary to lift the tail of an airplane in, or on, a back country air strip, one uses what is available.

I have lifted mine a couple times having to repair a flat tail wheel tire down at the end of a long runway. I always lifted the tail making sure I was directly under the horizontal stabilizer spar, close to the fuselage. I always carried a spare tire/tube, tube repair kit and a small air pump just in case.

Several times I have also had to do this exact thing.

[48rwflyboy]

jmurtap wrote:

I'm still a relativity new driver with around 75hrs in the 170.

Looks more like 375 hours to me! Very nice! Like the intentional ground loops!