tommcb6016 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I'm planning (weather depending) on flying up to the fly-in next month, it's a 96mile trip and I have had a very kind offer of a field and fuel roughly halfway in Telford I have some light weight kit I want to take with me for camping and want to come up with a safe way of carrying it. I have a solo cooker, food, tent/bivvy, sleeping bag, mattress, and a few other essentials (coffee!) into a small bag and down to a weight of 4.5 kg's Any Ideas of best way to carry it? I'm thinking left hand swing arm or under seat board? I have tried it on the swing arm and it doesn't seem to get in the way of anything! at least not whilst running around the garden , reserve would still function as intended... I'm still within the weight limit for my wing! opinions/ideas would be appreciated Tom (Rigging is temporary for mock up only! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bholleran Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 What about behind the head area on the cage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlwarren Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Who flys from Telford Tom ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Loose the mattress and use your wing to save space. If you can get all of your stuff into a small back pack, you can have it on your front while flying. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommcb6016 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Cannock even.. that's not a good start! Who flys from Telford Tom ? Doh.... Bag on the front could be difficult with front mounted reserve, but may be an option Homer S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlwarren Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Ha ha not good Tom, I thought there was someone local I didn't know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Cannock even.. that's not a good start! Who flys from Telford Tom ? Doh.... Bag on the front could be difficult with front mounted reserve' date=' but may be an option Homer S [/quote'] Bag on the front and reserve mounted on left arm. Or dump the food and stove ect as there will be enough good people there to make sure you get well fed and watered. Who would share their food and tea/coffee with a pilot that flies this far to a fly-in?? Me for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_d. Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Mattress? I once suggested somewhere about using bubblewrap and carrying it in a centre wing cell. What ya reckon? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Mattress? I once suggested somewhere about using bubblewrap and carrying it in a centre wing cell.What ya reckon? Nige That would work, I know someone that used to put a prop in his wing and fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommcb6016 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Cannock even.. that's not a good start! Who flys from Telford Tom ? Doh.... Bag on the front could be difficult with front mounted reserve' date=' but may be an option Homer S [/quote'] Bag on the front and reserve mounted on left arm. Or dump the food and stove ect as there will be enough good people there to make sure you get well fed and watered. Who would share their food and tea/coffee with a pilot that flies this far to a fly-in?? Me for one Thanks Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommcb6016 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Mattress? I once suggested somewhere about using bubblewrap and carrying it in a centre wing cell.What ya reckon? Nige Not sure I'd be too keen on putting anything in the wing :-/ using the wing as a mattress seems like the solution and that solves the problem of where to store the wing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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