Ned's Batch 4 Build

[GliderPilot (Paul Butler)]

Hi Andrew, it sounds like you installed the harness standoffs backwards. You need to swap them left to right and flip the over. The webbing goes through the top slot, out the top slot on the battery side then through the bottom slot which directs it back out the top slot again.

This makes it much easier to fold because the webbing makes a hinge of sorts. It also backs the carbon so it doesn’t bend.

This shows the path without the standoff and explains it further:

Paul B & Braedin B (GliderPilot & Glydrfreak) Flights & Build Modifications

I borrowed a harness to use while I was waiting for my Dudek Powerseat to arrive. It finally arrived an now that I have it hooked up I thought I would share how I did it. I sanded the slots really good to prevent the straps from wear but I still don’t want the straps sliding around so I routed the straps in such a way to create a hinge rather than sliding around through the slots. This was done by going through a single slot in the front plate and both slots in the back plate. Not only does …

This shows it with my original stand-off design which threads the same way just has a different shape:

Paul B & Braedin B (GliderPilot & Glydrfreak) Flights & Build Modifications

I created a hinge for the harness by running the straps through only the top hole in the front plate. I had to remove the standoffs to route the straps this way: [image] The harness was leveraging on the front plate when folded up and bending the carbon because there wasn’t a standoff so I designed a 3D printed standoff: [image] [image] [image] Here is the file: Harness Strap Standoff.stl (598.3 KB)