ASG29 rudder lock

We used to secure the rudder on safari as follows:

Place a length of rope through the handle on the tail dolly, pass it on
either side of the fin and tie two half hitches snugged up against the
rudder. Tie the ends of the rope to your tie down stake or cable.

Good luck at the races!

Dan

On 12/16/2016 11:40 PM, bumper wrote:
An alternate version is similar to Ron Gleasons.

Instead bolting the PVC pipe together, use a length of rope and some bungee or a length of bungee cord. And two small balls.

The rope is tied to a length of bungee cord which is then threaded through the two pieces of PVC, a ball is tied to one end of rope/cord, the other end of bungee cord is looped with rubber ball on loop. To use, place rope hinge end forward with foam insulation covered PVC on each side of vertical stab. At trailing edge, stretch ball with bungee loop so that loop goes over other ball to secure it. Easy on and off and no steel hardware to potentially scratch anything. Bungee is mostly all covered so weathers well.

One I made had just a short length of bungee for the stretch - all knots were inside PVC so clean looking.

bumper

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Dan, 5J

Field expedient overnight rudder lock: Run a strip of wing tape down BOTH sides of the rudder hinge line.

Works as well as any mechanical rudder lock I've seen or used (stops ALL rudder movement), does not damage the finish, easy to install and remove, materials always at hand (use some tape off a wing root if needed).

Field tested at wonderful Moriarty, where as we all know the wind doesn't blow, it sucks!

Kirk
66

Oh, come on now, Kirk... It's only forecast to gust up to 65 mph today
(currently 28G37 mph according to Wunderground, 27024G32 according to
AWOS)... Seems like springtime is upon us!


On 12/17/2016 10:09 AM, kirk.stant wrote:
Field expedient overnight rudder lock: Run a strip of wing tape down BOTH sides of the rudder hinge line.

Works as well as any mechanical rudder lock I've seen or used (stops ALL rudder movement), does not damage the finish, easy to install and remove, materials always at hand (use some tape off a wing root if needed).

Field tested at wonderful Moriarty, where as we all know the wind doesn't blow, it sucks!

Kirk
66

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Dan, 5J