If you park your aircraft outside rather than in a hangar, the plane must be secured so that wind and weather do not shift its position. Aircraft wheel chocks and tie downs are the easiest and most-often used forms of securing a parked aircraft. Your aircraft has anchors for tie downs, and your airport should provide parking areas with corresponding anchors, making this process rather easy.
Locate a parking spot with tie-down anchors. Anchors are usually large eye bolts sunk into the pavement of the aircraft parking ramp and are aligned in a basic T shape to line up with the airplane's wings and tail.
Locate the aircraft's tie-down anchors on the underside of both wings and the tail. Often, these, too, look like eye bolts big enough to handle thick (1/2-inch or 10mm diameter) rope.
Position the aircraft in the parking spot with the the wings and tail over the anchors cemented into the ground. If the aircraft's wing and tail anchors are spaced differently than the anchors in the ground, simply keep the differences equal between the three points (each wing and the tail).
Attach the tie downs to the aircraft and ground anchor points. If you are using prefabricated (store-bought) tie downs with hooks on each end, simply insert the hooks and cinch or pull taught the rope. If you are using your own rope, tie each end with sturdy knots, such as two-half-hitches or a rolling hitch, to ensure the rope does come loose over time.
Install the wheel chocks, if you are using them. Wheel chocks are triangular blocks of wood, rubber or plastic and are used in pairs. Install them by putting one chock in front of and behind each wheel. Doing this makes a barrier like a roadside curb preventing the aircraft from rolling.
