Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 04:57:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from out009.verizon.net ([206.46.170.131] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b8) with ESMTP id 1795909 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 03:09:47 -0400 Received: from tgourley ([4.46.206.82]) by out009.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.09 201-253-122-126-109-20020611) with SMTP id <20021002070947.MRQW20228.out009.verizon.net@tgourley> for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 02:09:47 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <002501c269e1$d8950c80$6401a8c0@dslverizon.net> From: "Tom Gourley" X-Original-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Legacy Canopy Design Details X-Original-Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 00:03:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0022_01C269A7.2BEB6FE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C269A7.2BEB6FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Graham Nutt's solution sounds interesting. The Legacy canopy latch = mechanism is pretty much the same as the 360, so Graham's innovation = should work. Another suggestion I heard while talking to a fellow = Legacy builder was to add material (possibly several layers of glass) = underneath the canopy joggle on the inside of the fuselage, above the = exterior latch handle and in front of the seat back. Then on the = outside remove just enough material (most likely using a small drum = sander) where the joggle meets the side of the fuselage to form a small = pocket under the edge of the canopy. Make the pocket just large enough = to insert your fingertips so you can lift up on the canopy. I haven't = decided what to do on my Legacy yet. Right now I'm wrestlng with the = nose gear strut alignment. Sometimes C-clamps just don't want to = cooperate. Tom Gourley L2K #122 tom.gourley@verizon.net ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C269A7.2BEB6FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Graham Nutt's solution sounds = interesting. =20 The Legacy canopy latch mechanism is pretty much the same as the 360, so = Graham's innovation should work.  Another suggestion I heard while = talking=20 to a fellow Legacy builder was to add material (possibly several = layers of=20 glass) underneath the canopy joggle on the inside of the fuselage, = above=20 the exterior latch handle and in front of the seat back.  Then on = the=20 outside remove just enough material (most likely using a small drum=20 sander) where the joggle meets the side of = the fuselage to form a=20 small pocket under the edge of the canopy.  Make the pocket = just large=20 enough to insert your fingertips so you can lift up on the canopy.  = I=20 haven't decided what to do on my Legacy yet.  Right now I'm = wrestlng with=20 the nose gear strut alignment.  Sometimes C-clamps just don't want = to=20 cooperate.
 
Tom Gourley
L2K #122
tom.gourley@verizon.net
 
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