I used a Bull Ring tie down sometimes used on pick up trucks. These are fully retractable. Bought a pair at Wal-Mart. Discarded most of the anchor stuff and made a bracket from bent-up 0.060 6061. The mounting bracket is bolted through the top and bottom spar cap with AN-3 bolts and a backup plate with captive nut plates on the aft side, about 6-feet outboard of the WAF behind the landing lights. On the pick up truck the ring stays retracted with gravity. On my inverted installation a small spring keeps the ring retracted flush with the wing skin. A small indentation allows me to grab the ring to pull it out for any practical size rope. The chrome ring will latch in the extended position just like the pickup truck installation. The Bull Ring specs say that each ring is rated for 1,000 pounds direct pull. https://s3.amazonaws.com/expercraft/sidwood/119137370543a80a28660f8.jpg
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm searching or some tie down attach points. What have you KR builders found to work well? What was used and where/how installed? Thanks, Gary ------------------------------
