Augur

[Hireandhire]

Following a tip on here, I have just read 'Flight of Passage' by Rinker Buck. Lovely innocent stuff.
But he describes fitting a shiny new augur to the tail of his Cub. Can any English-speaking American tell me what he meant please? I'm not sure that we have them over here.
thanks
hnH

[worrab]

It's an ancient Roman religious official. Perhaps an arcane rudder trim device?

[Hireandhire]

well, carrying a flappy ancient soothsayer on the tail would certainly affect the trim of a PA 11 but the bit about 'shiny' puzzles me too.

[Hireandhire]

I did wonder if it was a tail skid shoe, but in the photos it appears to have the capitalist decadence of a tail wheel.

[Pegpilot]

An augur ? It's a cast iron wood burning stove isn't it ? Ideal as a primitive APU, but you'd need to trim well forward with one fitted.....

Or have I got the wrong end of the stick ?

[chevvron]

Shirley it's a type of picket; helps stop the plane getting airborne empty when it's windy!!

[SlipSlider]

Could it be a misprint for "Auger" ? ... a tool resembling a large corkscrew .... and possibly something to do with the screwjack fitting that trims the stabilator on Cubs?

[ETOPS]

This doesn't augur well for the spelling bee

[Jan Olieslagers]

Closest I got is Italian "Auguri!" , "Congratulations!"
Not sure there's much light down that road.

[onetrack]

Every aircraft has to be fitted with an auger. How else can they "auger in", when things go horribly wrong?

[longer ron]

SlipSlider
Could it be a misprint for "Auger" ? ... a tool resembling a large corkscrew .... and possibly something to do with the screwjack fitting that trims the stabilator on Cubs?

I agree with Slipslider,I have the book at home somewhere and when I read that sentence - I always assumed he was referring to the tailplane trim screwjack.

rgds LR