Aileron & Flap

This shows how we secured the aileron and flap. There's a piece of steel strap connecting the two control horns, then the flap linkage is used to connect between the control horns and the boom cradle.

Boom Cradle

The boom cradle is built out of plywood. It's padded with foam and fleece out of my wifes saddle shop. http://purplemountainsaddlery.com/

The cradle is secured to the trailer floor with hinges. Half of the hinge is mounted to the floor, the other half to the cradle. Just pull the hinge pin to remove the cradle. Note the placement of the cradle. It's just tall enough to remove about half the weight from the tailwheel. That way the boom is supported on both ends and does not flex in transit.

Tail Feathers

The tail feathers are held upright by a piece of 3/16" music wire. There's a RC model wheel collar on each side of each surface. We chose this method after seeing damage to Polytone from the traditional PVC pipe method of securement.

Tailwheel

The tailwheel just has a binder strap around it going to the same to mounting rings that the straps holding the wingtips use.

Wheel Chocks

Wheel Chocks are on both sides of both wheels. The binder strap over the top insures nothing moves.

Wing Cradle

The wing cradles are built and secured just like the boom cradle. We made all the cradles plenty long to distribute the weight. Light planes can be fragile things when you start poking at them. 

Wing Root

We added a small pin near the boom tube mounting bolt. That way we could run a brace between the fuse and the wing root. It does a good job of stabalizing everything.

The Whole Enchilada

All strapped down and ready to go.