On Oct 7, 10:55*am, "bumper" wrote:
I use a couple of 12" wide nylon slings (McMaster-Carr) and cheapo Harbor
Freight electric hoists to lift my ASH26E in the hangar. The width of the
nylon straps is overkill, but I wanted to spread the load, one in front of
the wing and the other under the engine compartment.

I use a painter to the wingtip if I have fuel in the wing tanks as the fuel
will drain to the low wing and then it'll get really low! There's very
little load on the painter.

To suspend a glider in a mall, you might consider using manual come-alongs
for the lifting, suspending them using nylon straps over existing steel
beams and reaching the come alongs either with high A-frame ladders or a
man-lift. Or perhaps the glider could be lifted into position using a larger
lift platform with cradle attached?

In any case, it may be way easier to get approval for all this if the glider
is roped off so people can't get under the thing. I can't imagine a fire
dept or other safety agency approving it otherwise, or without engineering
analysis etc. Besides, most of the slings and other hardware needed for this
will be labeled as "not intended for overhead lifting" etc.

bumper

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Hi all,
Has anyone out there ever suspended a glider in the air without
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Dang. Good point. In fact, I've been dealing with the mall leasing
agent up until now. Before spending any more time on this, it would be
smart for me to get all the way through to the workers and the
lawyers. I'm not too excited about a floor display though (they break
easy and fix hard).
Don