Oxygen bottle holddown

[Mike S]

As part of the getting ready for the pilgrimage tomorrow, I decided I should figure out a way to keep the portable O2 bottle secure.

I made up some brackets from (formerly) scrap alum, .040" or so, and dug a couple of hose clamps out of a box of "treasures".

Couple of slits with a drill and cutoff disk, #8 screw dimpled hole to mount it, and Ta Da

Quick and easy to install, or remove both the bottle itself, and the bracket if needed.

Thanks for looking

 

[Randy Means]

Ox tie down

Mike maybe i am a little 3 D challenged but does the ox tie down get installed?
Randy Means
N595RV
RV10 90 hours

 

[az_gila]

Mike,

The weak point may be the area where you folded over the hose clamp into a very tight 180 bend. My experience has been that hose clamps don't like sharp bends...

Perhaps if you used a larger hose clamp all of the way around the cylinder and just threaded it through the slots in the uprights you might get a sturdy solution.

 

[Phil]

Have a safe flight Mike. We'll see you there.

Phil

 

[Mike S]

Mike maybe i am a little 3 D challenged but does the ox tie down get installed?
Randy Means
N595RV
RV10 90 hours

Not too sure what you are asking, I used a couple of the screws already in the tunnel cover to mount the strap brackets.

I wanted something that I could remove easily, as I will not be using the O2 very often.

Mike,

The weak point may be the area where you folded over the hose clamp into a very tight 180 bend. My experience has been that hose clamps don't like sharp bends...

Perhaps if you used a larger hose clamp all of the way around the cylinder and just threaded it through the slots in the uprights you might get a sturdy solution.

That is a concern I had too, did a test bend on a piece of excess clamp stock, and it seems to be OK---------I did not tighten up the hose clamp much, just in case it would add stress.

As mentioned above, this is not a perm installation.

 

[Mike S]

Have a safe flight Mike. We'll see you there.

Phil

Thanks Phil.

You do the same.