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: <lml@lancaironline.net>
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




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