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Dave Pelletier
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Prescott, Arizona
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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: Emailing: HPIM0907, HPIM0908, HPIM0909, HPIM0910, HPIM0912 |
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Guys,
Here are some pics of my little invention - "The Spider." Best control lock I've seen yet. When in place and tightened, it feels like the control stick is welded in place. The MV guys liked it and some copied it. Someone modified the design but the modification didn't work as well as the original (heh, heh, heh - sorry, I couldn't resist.) I works a lot better than a seat belt and just takes a minute more to install. If you make one, a key point is to cut a groove in the PVC at each place the rings go, otherwise the rings will tend to flop over. If you make both the fore and aft straps adjustable, then you can set the elevator where you want it, up or down. Mine isn't adjustable so the elevator is locked in neutral. One of these days I'll change forward strap to an adjustable one.
AzDave
Aw what the hell, go ahead an archive.
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rlaird
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 373
Location: Houston
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: Emailing: HPIM0907, HPIM0908, HPIM0909, HPIM0910, HPIM0912 |
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Dave --
You should use standard stainless steel plumbers straps and then you
could use this D-Ring Bracket:
http://scubagear.stores.yahoo.net/004136.html
With the D-Ring Bracket, you not only will not "capture" the d-ring
(i.e., it will move freely), but you won't risk hurting the PVC.
I use these in diving all the time.
-- Robert
On 8/21/06, Dave & Eve Pelletier <pelletier(at)cableone.net> wrote:
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Guys,
Here are some pics of my little invention - "The Spider." Best control
lock I've seen yet. When in place and tightened, it feels like the control
stick is welded in place. The MV guys liked it and some copied it. Someone
modified the design but the modification didn't work as well as the original
(heh, heh, heh - sorry, I couldn't resist.) I works a lot better than a
seat belt and just takes a minute more to install. If you make one, a key
point is to cut a groove in the PVC at each place the rings go, otherwise
the rings will tend to flop over. If you make both the fore and aft straps
adjustable, then you can set the elevator where you want it, up or down.
Mine isn't adjustable so the elevator is locked in neutral. One of these
days I'll change forward strap to an adjustable one.
AzDave
Aw what the hell, go ahead an archive.
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R. Hankins
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: Emailing: HPIM0907, HPIM0908, HPIM0909, HPIM0910, HPIM09 |
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Great idea. Simple and easy to pack into a small space. I'm going to make one and keep it stowed in my KXP. Thanks for the info.
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Ralph Hoover
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Central Ohio
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Emailing: HPIM0907, HPIM0908, HPIM0909, HPIM0910, HPIM09 |
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Dave, that is one heck of a sturdy stick holder. I gotta ask, however, how hard is the adjustments to make while in flight? That is a poor mans auto-pilot, is it not?
Ha, Ha!
Why a man would have to be mighty skinny to fit between some of them belts and adjusting in flight would be scary, but some of you guys can "fly and chew gum" at the same time. I keep biting my lip!
Ralph gotcha right here in Ohio!
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Dave Pelletier
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Prescott, Arizona
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:54 am Post subject: Emailing: HPIM0907, HPIM0908, HPIM0909, HPIM0910, HPIM0912 |
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<flht99reh(at)Columbus.rr.com>
Dave, that is one heck of a sturdy stick holder. I gotta ask, however, how
hard is the adjustments to make while in flight?
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Well Ralph, that's why I have the quick-disconnect types of straps. The
first time I flew I had ratchet straps and almost killed myself on landing
because it took two hands to release and was too slow. The type I use now
can be operated with only one hand. Much better.
| Quote: | That is a poor mans auto-pilot, is it not?
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Of course. The first time I used it I set it and slept all the way to
Seligman, a distance of 2 1/4 miles.
| Quote: | Why a man would have to be mighty skinny to fit between some of them belts
and adjusting in flight would be scary, but some of you guys can "fly and
chew gum" at the same time. I keep biting my lip!
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Hmmm, maybe I should market it as an incentive to lose weight.
AzDave
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