Baggage Sling

[Blue Streak]

Re: Baggage Sling

Are we talking baggage sling or seat sling? I think the question was for the baggage sling where there are two short pieces of wood going back from the upper seat back tube (with the wood cross piece Tom was talking about). These pieces of wood are attached to the baggage sling rear wood piece with some metal angle clips. There should also be a wood frame behind the cross piece that support the hat shelf and the aft edge is where you attach the headliner.
In the picture the short piece is under the fabric below the "D" window and the long piece is on the left of the sling. The piece of wood Tom was talking about is on the right or the sling. To the left of the top of the sling you can see the hat shelf.
Hank

Hank,
In your picture, I see 4 (2 shown) male snaps on the inside of the front part of the baggage sling. What are those for?

George Wacker
S/N 6581

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Baggage Sling

The seat back has a flap with the matching snaps. That keeps the seat back from flopping forward. I can't remember the last time I bothered to snap them in.
Hank

[Blue Streak]

Re: Baggage Sling

Thanks Hank!

Orienting my Airtex baggage sling with the snaps on the inside of the front face, as pictured, would make the bottom of the sling, as measured along the fore and aft seam, about level when in level flight...is that correct?

The reason I was a little confused is that in this orientation the back face of the baggage sling is almost 3 inches wider than the front face but the airplane is tapered front to back. Did I miss something?

George Wacker
1945 BC12-D
S/N 6581

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Baggage Sling

George,
Funny but I have never actually measured the front and back widths. My sling is a little smaller than the wood frame and has to be pulled tight to get the corner snaps "snapped". The bottom slopes aft on the ground but I never looked in the sling in flight so I never noticed if it was level. I will have to look and measure some while I'm leveling the plane for weighing with a set of those Target scales!

[lawheelock]

Re: Baggage Sling

Hank,
Please tell us about the Target scales.
Larry Wheelock, 46 BC12D under reconstruction

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Baggage Sling

I just got a set at Target yesterday. Exactly like they said. $20 each, nice and thin, good for up to 400# each and it says they are accurate to .1#! Shallow ramps look like they could be made with a few magazines and a scrap of thin plywood. They are Weight Watchers scales and come in white, blue or red (who cares).
Hope to give them a try this weekend. Of course my plane has the wings off, but I just want to play with them.
Hank

I should have gotten 4. Then I could weigh the engine on the stand and find out exactly what an engine weight is fully set up but dry.