Training Tip: How to Tie Down an Airplane

AOPA Senior Photographer and pilot David Tulis gives a quick tutorial on how to tie down an airplane.
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[@diegol4452]

forgot to tap it, and say "thats not going anywhere"

[@dochotch]

nothing is locked down in those knots. So many better choices out there

[@jlshoem]

The third knot is not to keep the rope from flapping into the plane or flopping around. It is to maintain pressure on the lock knot above it.

[@VictoryAviation]

Beware: This set of knots will work MOST of the time. It will not keep the aircraft secure with a great deal of buffeting indefinitely.

[@kosmotto]

This doesn't work well with nylon rope

[@alanwilliams6020]

Just use the Boy Scout Taut line hitch. Works on tents as well as airplanes while allowing you to adjust how tight the airplane is tied down as the rope expands or contracts if it is wet

[@JohnGreen_US]

But what you really want is the more secure Midshipman's Hitch which the Boy Scouts taught for decades when tying rope-on-rope, like this application.

[@FamilyManMoving]

The little details matter, and I like your presentation style. Thanks for the video, and look forward to more.