When you park your airplane outside, you need to have gust locks on your delicate control surfaces, to prevent them from being damaged by winds blowing them repeatedly. This is a short video where I build a set of gust locks for my airplane, and show you how it's done, and how they are used.

Parts I used:

Aluminum sheet: https://amzn.to/3xXa5Y6
Stainless key rings: https://amzn.to/4a5X38f
Remove Before Flight tags: https://amzn.to/4bpwnQZ
5/16" tubing: https://amzn.to/4aXP12r

0:00 Intro
1:53 Tags Cut
2:52 Test Drilling
3:39 Drilling & Deburring
4:36 Fitting Tubing
6:01 How They Work

No content in this video should be taken as flight instruction or advice. Refer to your aircraft POH and consult your CFI. This video has been edited for time and content, and context may be lost or distorted. This video is for entertainment purposes only.

#Canard #Cozy #GustLock