On Oct 7, 4:58*pm, Papa3 wrote:
On Oct 7, 12:48*pm, wrote:



Thanks for the ideas and contact information!

Tim, the URL you sent me off-line for the Tree Straps appears to solve
that part -https://www.expeditionexchange.com/straps/
Thanks!

It just occurred to me that if the canopies are off, it becomes
possible to connect inside the fuselage - perhaps a strap under the
front drag-spar carry-through, just behind the back seat. That would
be more elegant in appearance (the overall goal) than big straps under
the belly and would put the load where it was designed to go. It could
even run under the spars I guess, with a little forward triangulation
to allow for a vertical exit.
Frank, you're *right that a strap a foot or so ahead of the main wheel
would make the tail weight more than 50 lbs.. It wieghs 45lbs just
sitting on the main.
Hmmm....

Don

Hi Don,

By now, you must be wondering just what you got yourself into :-)

After I posted the first mail, it occured to me that the Arnot Mall in
Elmira/Horseheads had a 1-26 hanging from the ceiling for many years.
Haven't been there lately, but I'm sure some Harris Hill folks will
chime in. * Since lawyers love precendent, I wonder if it wouldn't be
a good idea to reach out to the Arnot Mall management and see if
they'd be willing to speak to the folks at your mall. * At minumum,
they may be able to supply a couple of pictures. *Yeah, it's a tube
and steel glider and likely suspnded by the frame behind the pilot
seat, but the John Q. Lawyer probably doesn't know that.

P3

The 1-26 (001) that hangs in the Arnot Mall near Elmira, NY belongs to
the National Soaring Museum, as does the Arnot/Herring Primary Glider
replica next to it. In the NSM itself, we currently have 17 gliders
hanging, including 3 that were installed within recent months. You've
already received plenty of good advice, but give us a call if you wish
(607-734-3128).

Peter Smith