Rykymus
Line Up and Wait
So I moved my plane from a hangar at KSCK in Stockton CA, to a tiedown spot at KTKI in McKinney TX. For the first time since I bought her, my 98 Archer III is an outdoor girl. I have cowl plugs (with the little flags) and an old but still usable canopy cover. (Tiedowns are chains here, BTW.) She's probably going to be living outside for awhile, as hangars seem to be hard to come by in the DFW area, and I won't even be able to start really searching the area for at least a month. (I am willing to drive up to an hour in order to park her inside.)
I'd like to avoid buying a complete airframe cover, as I'm hoping to upgrade to a twin in a year or so, but am willing to do so if the general consensus is in favor of this. I'm not so much worried about dirt or rain, as I am about hail. (I've heard stories...not that a cover would do much to protect against hail though.)
What I'm looking for are any tips/tricks y'all may have for storing your bird outside in Texas. (Notice how I slipped some local color in with the "y'all"?)
Thanks in advance
I'd like to avoid buying a complete airframe cover, as I'm hoping to upgrade to a twin in a year or so, but am willing to do so if the general consensus is in favor of this. I'm not so much worried about dirt or rain, as I am about hail. (I've heard stories...not that a cover would do much to protect against hail though.)
What I'm looking for are any tips/tricks y'all may have for storing your bird outside in Texas. (Notice how I slipped some local color in with the "y'all"?)
Thanks in advance