I just found these pictures on the camera ? had been meaning to post them for a month or so. Our two-place airplanes have standard RV tie-down rings, and they work just fine ? but Tsam just seemed to want something special! These ?rings? come from Cleveland Tools, and we find that it is easy just to leave them in all the time ? I am sure someone can compute the drag and subsequent airspeed loss, but they sure seem to be pretty small.
Because we are space limited on Tsam, we carry some high-tech Spectra line for tie-downs, and while we could get by with S-hooks to put through the tie-downs, we are carabiner people?so we spent some time at REI trying every ?biner they had until we found something that fit.
These all work about as well as regular rings and ropes?.but they somehow fit the ?alien? look of Tsam better!
Paul
Because we are space limited on Tsam, we carry some high-tech Spectra line for tie-downs, and while we could get by with S-hooks to put through the tie-downs, we are carabiner people?so we spent some time at REI trying every ?biner they had until we found something that fit.
These all work about as well as regular rings and ropes?.but they somehow fit the ?alien? look of Tsam better!
Paul