How to suspend a glider?

Dang. Good point. In fact, I've been dealing with the mall leasing
agent up until now. Before spending any more time on this, it would be
smart for me to get all the way through to the workers and the
lawyers. I'm not too excited about a floor display though (they break
easy and fix hard).
Don

If the hanged glider idea does not work due to technical/lawyer
challenges, how about a big sturdy (probably steel and hopefully nice
looking...) stand to mount it to that would make it look like a 1:1
scale model, Santa/reindeer and all. (perhaps in a nose low attitude
to show off rosy cheeks and red noses). Off the top of my head, the
main wheel could be removed and the undercarriage hard points used to
rigid mount it to the stand. Aesthetically, I think that would look
better than being slung with thick (possibly brightly colored...)
webbing. The base of the stand would need to be rather large, but
obviously it could be constructed in segments that bolt together on
site.

The 45# tail-weight (main wheel as fulcrum...) can be either designed
into the load stresses of the stand many different ways, or ballasted
out entirely ( I suppose ballasting it out is an option for hanging
too). Supplementary 1/8" wire rope could be strung up off the
wingtips (and possibly the tail too if needed...) to add additional
stability if necessary or desired, with little aesthetic impact. Just
a thought...

-Paul

wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone out there ever suspended a glider in the air without
resorting to the conventional method of airflow over the wings? I have
an opportunity to hang both of my Grob 103's in two malls over the
holiday season.

Can large metal tabs be placed on the fuselage lift pins before the
wings are attached? That would provide 4 points with the CG in the
middle (mostly). Each tab could have a hole in the top large enough for
the attachment to a cable; the four cables would be brought together,
say, 5 feet above the CG, where the cable from the ceiling beam would
attach to them.

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