Libelles & Tost Rings

My 1970 LS-1d had the same or similar problem with
the CG hook (it doesn't have a nose hook) when I bought
it. New style Tost rings would not fit. I used a
link of chain for the connection.

Several years ago, I had the tow hitch replaced with
a newer Tost and now, the current design of Tost rings
fit.

Is it possible to replace the tow hitch in your Libelle?

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 06:18 19 July 2004, Btiz wrote:
the H201 and also the Kestrel have trouble with the
two round rings, for
those the smaller ring needs to be of the long or oblong
variety.

Our club members with those problems bring their own
old ring.. check Tim at
Wings and Wheels to see if he has any left..

BT

'f.blair' wrote in message
news:_0IKc.128495$XM6.95965@attbi_s53...
What kind of problem are you having? We use the
double link Tost rings
and
have not had any problems with my Libelle, a 301b,
with the nose hook. I
don't know where they buy them, but I think they are
close to $30 each.
Fred
'nowhere' wrote in message
om...
I know the subject has been brought up before, but
I was wondering if
anyone out there has come up with any new ways of
coping with the way
that the current pattern Tost rings bind in Libelle
nose hooks. Going
through the archives I found three possibilities
mentioned: 1; Make
the aperature in the glider nose larger, 2; Find
an old 'double
oblong' Tost ring or 3; Just use a piece of chain
for the end of the
weak link.

The one that sounds the best, using an older ring,
seems to be near
impossible to accomplish as I can't find any of these
rings. Does
anyone have any new ideas?