Simple wing retention

[george kennie]

I have to confess to being guilty here. You guys have already gotten me
started thinking about the idea! It also doesn't sound all that
difficult to accomplish. I already hold my canopies on with a snap
device that is simple and idiot-proof(needs to be for me).
G.

RUDDERCABL at aol.com wrote:

>  In a message dated 1/16/2004 11:31:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> Eric.Henderson at gartner.com writes:
>
>      Lamar Blair and Jerry Stebbins sell a very nice nylon insert
>      that grabs the 4-40 very well indeed. A very neat homemade
>      option is to use plastic water pipe. One that has too big a
>      diameter. What you do is cut off a 1/2" wide piece. Then cut
>      out enough of the "ring" so that it can be compressed and
>      pushed into the wing tube. A touch of CA and you have a
>      section that can be threaded and will "grab" your $4000
>      screw.
>
> I have been using the plastic water pipe method for five years.
> However, I don't CA it in the wingtube. Should the threads be stripped
> at a contest, it can be pulled out, rotated a few degrees and
> redrilled and threaded in less than ten minutes. As far as simple is
> concerned, one 4-40 screw can't get any simpler. Any one who wants
> snap on devices is looking for instant gradifacation, not
> simplicity! Robert Gainey
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