pirep: airgizmos gust lock

[GeorgeC]

My plane got a new rudder bellcrank at annual, and the IA suggested I get a gust lock to prevent the rudder from banging around in the wind. The one made by airgizmos fits perfectly between the corrugations on the rudder.

 

[TailWheelChamp]

Two pieces of 1"(ish) pvc pipe with a sleeve of full-length 1/2" rubberized pipe insulation (not the cheap foam crap). Cut the two pieces to to about 6" longer than your vertical stab/rudder assembly total length.

Permanently bungee one end together. Removable bungee on the other.

Cheap and effective. I've owned two planes w/o gust locks and this worked well on both.

downside: likely not transportable in some planes. I could in both of mine...laid against one sidewall of the cabin, would fit to the side of the copilot's seat and under the back seat.

 

[GeorgeC]

Back seat? Fancy...

 

[PAwhiskey]

Its in the back seat?