X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:46:04 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.2) with ESMTP id 2860537 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:35:53 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.64; envelope-from=gregw@onestopdesign.biz Received: from OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.43]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id EdbA1Z0020vyq2s570Hw00; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:33:42 +0000 Received: from gregoryii ([24.6.40.29]) by OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Ejb81Z00C0dkeQQ3R00000; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:35:12 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=biznXsr5AAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=MMXGhZNbHi8VVXTbSNcA:9 a=IQk2Z7SHqta-UN389mUA:7 a=CPonMRMSs5MOn9jP921XxvU_xwsA:4 a=SGQwyHOZ9JMA:10 a=8s3OY_6JReoA:10 a=vxc9mT2MaW0A:10 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 a=oqs56FR1YJwA:10 X-Original-Message-ID: <002e01c8a0c2$c7f263f0$8801a8c0@yosemite.onestopdesign.biz> From: "Greg Ward" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Legacy crash - speculation X-Original-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:39:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Sorry John that I wasn't clear. In the kit I bought (3rd Owner, #178), the canopy hinges are bolted to a fiberglass layup that is bonded to the inside of the firewall and the top of the fuselage. When I first looked at it, I thought that I would check back against the manual and see if it was done right. Haven't gotten there yet, but this discussion put it at the top of my list of ongoing fixes that I have had to do to get this Kit right, and agreeing with Lancair's standards. I trust my life to nothing at this point in the construction, that I haven't totally gone over personally, and asked questions about when appropriate, ask the tech people at Lancair.....(:-). My thinking on this was, a. at 100-120 kts., with the canopy open, there would be a tendency for the wind to go under the leading edge of the canopy, and b. how much can that hinge arrangement, at least the way it's installed on my plane, take? Put it in the bank, that there will be a full review on my part of this installation. Greg Ward Lancair 20B in progress ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Barrett" <2thman@cablespeed.com> To: Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:35 AM Subject: [LML] Re: Legacy crash - speculation Greg Ward wrote: Possibly there was a lift factor forward, and it came off, just a fiberglass hinge there holding things down....... What fiberglass hinge are you referring to? Regards, John Barrett, CEO Leading Edge Composites PO Box 428 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 www.carbinge.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1382 - Release Date: 4/16/2008 5:34 PM -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html