The Belle got a set of wingtip skids, too. These long-winged planes with high CG's need 'em. Mike Cross even touched one of them on Saturday. How did you guys approach it? We used some music wire "feelers" that do a nice job of popping the wing back up, but not too hard. I like 'em a lot, as I was breaking ailerons when I'd try to recover from a tip-down. Since the aileron needed to go down on the tip that was down, the corner of it wound up scraping - a great way to break loose a horn. Now, the skids stop it short, and take care of some of the recovery by themselves.

Also, how does the SWAG platform handle wind? I've found that the Belle has a real tendency to weathervane, making taxi operations in strong wind either difficult or impossible. Does your trike gear help with that, or have you even had to operate in windy conditions yet?