LettersFromFlyoverCountry
Well Known Member
The thread on locking gas caps struck a chord with me as we've been kicking around the theft-prevention concepts surrounding the RV.
I don't have a key switch on my RV -- just a push-button for the starter and a separate switch for the master. I don't have a lock on the outside of the canopy, either. And as I'm considering the first long cross country trips, I'm undecided about an approach here.
If I put a lock -- a padlock, for example -- on the canopy handle, then someone who wants something inside will have to break the plexi to get in. On the other hand, once they break the plexi to get in, it's pretty unflyable. and on the other hand of that, once it's unflyable, that should prevent it from being flown. So...should I put a padlock on it?
So, if I put a padlock on, it appears I'm actually inviting a real destruction of the aircraft, as opposed to the simple theft of a few things inside.
There are a few things easily stolen from inside -- the Zaon PCS and the Garmin 296, for example. I could just take those out wherever and whenever I stop, but I don't like lugging a flight bag around when I visit places.
Besides, the Cleaveland 7A cover which I recently ordered, makes these attractions invisible unless someone steals THAT.
What say you?
I don't have a key switch on my RV -- just a push-button for the starter and a separate switch for the master. I don't have a lock on the outside of the canopy, either. And as I'm considering the first long cross country trips, I'm undecided about an approach here.
If I put a lock -- a padlock, for example -- on the canopy handle, then someone who wants something inside will have to break the plexi to get in. On the other hand, once they break the plexi to get in, it's pretty unflyable. and on the other hand of that, once it's unflyable, that should prevent it from being flown. So...should I put a padlock on it?
So, if I put a padlock on, it appears I'm actually inviting a real destruction of the aircraft, as opposed to the simple theft of a few things inside.
There are a few things easily stolen from inside -- the Zaon PCS and the Garmin 296, for example. I could just take those out wherever and whenever I stop, but I don't like lugging a flight bag around when I visit places.
Besides, the Cleaveland 7A cover which I recently ordered, makes these attractions invisible unless someone steals THAT.
What say you?