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Old January 5th 11, 01:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Incorporating Electronic Tension Meter in Auto Tow Hitch?

On Jan 3, 11:55*am, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Jan 2, 5:56*pm, " wrote:

We have ordered one of the "s" shaped electronic tension meters for
our auto tow operations. *We want to make the strain guage a part of
the tow hitch (not in the rope). *If anyone has a good design, we
would like suggestions. *A picture would also be nice.


Bill Snead
6W


Bill,

I sent the images of Udo's system in a PM. *The only change I would
make is to put the strain gage in line with the rope. *This could be
done similar to the images with a sliding parallelogram to support
side loads.


The unit we ordered came Industrial Commercial Scales, 2020 Air Park
Road, North Charleston , SC 29406.

It was a CCS-2K 2000lb s- type

We have not installed or used the unit yet.

Bill Snead
6W