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Rigid Aluminum hang strap
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Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:40 pmby dhmartens
I was channeling OP when I got the idea of a rigid aluminum hang strap. Has one ever been used? I remember seeing the video of Markus before he fatally plowed into mountainside and I saw his body impacted the wing and keel during severe turbulence. A rigid hang strap would have kept him from impacting the wing/keel and causing it to fold up. I just wondered if there was a history of such a device.
Doug
Re: Rigid Aluminum hang strap
Posted:
Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:46 amby Bob Kuczewski
Similar to the rigid hang strap, I've wondered if a lanyard to the base tube has been tried. Maybe a line running from shoulders to knees below the base tube? Maybe include a bungee for some degree of softening?
Keep innovating Doug!!!
Re: Rigid Aluminum hang strap
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Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:58 pmby Rick Masters
Eric Raymond used lanyards to the A-frame junctions for his multiple loop records on his Sunseed in 80 or 81, I think.
Makes sense.