Reminder -- this is the goal, click on the kid and watch first three minutes:
On 2/28/13 a "mock-up" was again assembled. The pulley area of the tow line will be padded. Looking forward; the tow lines at the "tow handle" on the boom will now be spaced 16 inches apart, and the center 4 ft. section will be a tube-within-a-tube:
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Connections (and boom material) were revised February 24, 2013.
Click to enlarge. ANOTHER PHOTO ANOTHER PHOTO Inboard shackle:
Click to enlarge. Inboard shackle:
Click to enlarge. The "lift rope" will be fastened here, at the (bottom) mid-point of the boom:
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Another pretty good web page by Grant MacLaren.
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