One of the contributions of the Airballs to the universe is ways of mounting reasonably lightweight, compact junk to your plane in a secure but "tool free" manner. Our mounts so far have been 3D printed to the exact contours of the struts. We have versions for a Citabria, Super Decathlon, C172, and RANS S-6S.
This arrangement is very secure, but leads to a rather bulky 3D printed chunk though, and may not be universally applicable. This has led us to consider a more generic "V block" shape, where we augment the 3D printed parts with a piece of aluminum angle and add some padding. This is what we have so far. It seems just as secure as the custom-contoured version. Stay tuned for more details.
This arrangement is very secure, but leads to a rather bulky 3D printed chunk though, and may not be universally applicable. This has led us to consider a more generic "V block" shape, where we augment the 3D printed parts with a piece of aluminum angle and add some padding. This is what we have so far. It seems just as secure as the custom-contoured version. Stay tuned for more details.
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