I first saw these straps in the back of Robert Milligan's car. I
asked him about them and found out that I could make some for myself. What
interested me was: 1) The 2" wide straps that reduce forces on the gliders when
tightening them down, 2) the fact that you could snap together straps to make
longer straps, 3) the straps were sized for gliders, 4) the Robert had a nice
little stuff sack to hold all his straps without having to fold them up (which
is also very easy to do).


Find the 2" black nylon webbing
here at $.60/foot. Find plastic buckles
here at $1.50/each (ITW
NEXUS FASTEX SR-2). Find the triglides (you need one for each strap)
here at 4 for $1.75.
This bag will hold six to nine straps at $4.50.
This one will hold three at $3.50.
This one will hold even more at $7.50.




The strap will need to be sewn with a light weight industrial strength sewing
machine as shown here:





Click above to see a higher resolution version and to see where it is sewed.


Be sure to heat each end of the strap with a butane torch to meld the ends.


To strap a single surface glider cut your straps at 6'. For a high performance
glider, make the straps 7' long. 8' for the ATOS.

Thanks so much to Rob McKenzie at
www.flytandem.com for
sewing my straps for me on his machine as a contribution to the Oz Report.