To kick a dead horse:
Having a couple 65" moose racks on the struts is mostly a non event……amongst other things. I don't think a bicycle would register. (assuming cub/husky/scout etc) If I were doing it Id suckem up to the bottom of the lift struts, run a bungee through the tires so they don't spin the whole time, make sure the flaps clear. Fly.

Your legalities with the FAA is another issue. We have ext load papers. If I weren't gonna do it legal like, I'd not post on the internet tho

………………oops

whee wrote:There is a couple year old thread on SC.org talking about external loads. In it there is a email response from a FSDO guy and he said there is nothing in part 91 restricting external loads and part 43 doesn't apply to EABs. I still want to look into this some more but if this really is the case I'll be installing hard points in the wings of my Bearhawk so I can haul bikes like that guy in NZ and hopefully I will be able to haul kayaks out there too. The kayaks might be a bit much.

Whee, you are the builder/designer. If you design it for carrying such and test it in phase one ops, you should be good to go.