On 29 Jul, Derek Ruddock wrote: > May I also suggest you find a more suitable method of restraining > your batteries. Obviously bungees are unacceptable. In the event of a > sudden deceleration, eg into a ploughed field with the > undercarriage up, you could have some sustained serious or even fatal > injury by the batteries hitting you in the back of the head.
Tks - this is already underway. After the last incident, the bungees were replaced with stronger ones - but clearly not strong enough. After speaking with Shane McCaffrey, we are switching to 20mm wide flat tie down straps and clips. > All of our club batteries sit in an aluminium cradle, with an aluminium > strap over the top of the battery, secured by an overcentre lock. All > very robust. Tom Gilbert cold give the details. This sounds interesting - contact details for Tom Gilbert please! -- Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Strategic IT & open source consulting +61 (0)438 385 533 Brisbane, Australia http://www.interweft.com.au -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
