Fellas,<div></div><div>Actually, I expected waaay more 3 Stooges jokes... so no worries! </div><div></div><div>I do indeed mean a restraint system. Guys normally have stakes in the ground or some kind of yoke that sticks into the ground, allowing you to run up your engine and tune it. Much like the restraining posts on the flight tables at your local flying field.</div><div></div><div>I want to create one of these that anchors into the soil, and the restraint flips down on a hinge, so I don't have to pull up stakes or pick up the airplane with it running. This is mostly a concern for me when I'm by myself at the field. I imagine that a gate latch would do the trick, with a couple pieces of bent wire or rebar and a spring. a bit like a mousetrap. I wouldn't want a strong spring.. and hell, probably don't need one at all.</div><div></div><div>I fly a lot of tail-dragger warbirds and they swing big props, so picking up the tail to clear the tops of the stakes I have isn't the beat way to keep props healthy.</div><div></div><div>People around here call it a "Stooge," maybe its a regional thing. A couple guys talk about them, and it's a pretty intuitive idea, but nobody here has one and before I make one, i was interested in finding plans for a "refined" or "tried and true" design, before I spend lots of time shopping for material or tinkering with design ideas. Heh, I like spending time on the plane more than the other stuff.</div><div></div><div>In any case, it's not an emergency or anything, and I can handle things the way I do them now just fine. I was just wondering if any of you fine, experienced fellows on here had any good "stooge tips," besides tips for the stooge pilots I have tripping their ways up and down my pits at the field... heh.</div><div></div><div>Thanks guys</div><div></div><div>Mike</div>