>>> The seat belt can be adjusted to hold the stick fully aft <<
Not ideal if the wind shifts around during the night! i.e. full up elevator.
Also, loading the elevator against the stops may generate a lengthy
forum-thread about the dreaded tailplane pins!
Packing the control stick with cushions to achieve neutral elevator is not
without its limitations and the cushions tend to work loose.
Maybe a small built-for-the-job Dynafoam cushion that velcros-in at the
stick base would do (in conjunction with tying back with the seat harness);
this would cushion 'shock' loading of the controls and would be easily
defeated if the pilot failed to carry out "full and free" checks properly.
Duncan McF
----- Original Message -----
From: "nigel charles" <nigelcharles@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Control Locks
<nigelcharles@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> >Anyone got any bright idea's for control locks (preferably fairly simple
> as I am a simple soul) to stop my ailerons, tailplanes and rudder
> banging about in the wind whilst the airplane is parked.<
>
> The seat belt can be adjusted to hold the stick fully aft and central.
This
> is what I do when I tie the aircraft down for a nightstop. Mono or
tailwheel
> Europas don't have any problem with the rudder as they are interconnected
> with the tailwheel preventing the rudder from blowing around in the wind.
>
> Nigel Charles
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