Hahaha! I was using the "take 8 paces from the fuselage and plant the wingstand", then "pull the wingtip out and carry it around to the wingstand, then sight through the fuselage carry-through to get the fore-aft alignment" since I built my first WingMate solo rigging aid in 1982. The only difference is that my LS-3 trailer was rigged so you could pivot the wing spar on the dolly. For my ASW 24, I set the wingtip into the stand by the rudder, walk back up to the trailer and transfer the spar from the spar pin hole closest to the root rib to the hole at the tip of the spar, then walk back to the wingtip and carry the stand--with tip installed--around pivoting on the spar dolly until I can sight through the fuselage carry-through.

Any adjustments for height I can make by rolling the fuselage for the first wing and, for the second wing, by adjusting one or both wingtip supports and/or cranking the fuselage dolly up or down. Sounds complicated but as you all are saying, it works very well in practice. I've been solo rigging/derigging for almost 35 years and the only time I need help is when the wind picks up pretty strongly.

I haven't built any WingMates for a while but I may get back to it. The number of solo-rigging pilots at the contests these days is pretty impressive.

Chip Bearden