Anyone know much much snow is safe for a Cherokee to take off from? Would like to depart from S18 tomorrow. Looks like there's about an inch of snow accumulation. Have wheel pants. If I'm willing to crawl around on the snow for 20 mins, I can take the wheel pants off the mains, but not the nose.
An inch of snow doesn't seem like much difference than short grass. I know hitting a snowbank with wheel pants risks breaking the fiberglass.
Anyone have experience running up the engine as a way to blow snow off the plane? Will turn off the plane and brush off the rest prior to take off.
Alternatively, I wonder if I can use a car to compress the snow. As long as pressure of contact patch of car tire is greater than airplane tire, should work ok for take off. Car weighs +3,000 lbs on 4 tires. Airplane weighs around 1,800 lbs on 3 tires, though airplane tire have smaller contact patch. Maybe I can air down the tires.
An inch of snow doesn't seem like much difference than short grass. I know hitting a snowbank with wheel pants risks breaking the fiberglass.
Anyone have experience running up the engine as a way to blow snow off the plane? Will turn off the plane and brush off the rest prior to take off.
Alternatively, I wonder if I can use a car to compress the snow. As long as pressure of contact patch of car tire is greater than airplane tire, should work ok for take off. Car weighs +3,000 lbs on 4 tires. Airplane weighs around 1,800 lbs on 3 tires, though airplane tire have smaller contact patch. Maybe I can air down the tires.
