Is there any update to this as to what we are supposed to do to get the proper release handle? I have a temporary pushrod sticking out from my panel. Pretty much everything else is done inside the cabin now. Just have to hook up my engine monitor probes and the engine install is done.
I see a reference above to Landing Lights, wiring harness, and other stuff...but that's all stuff I don't need. Everything is already done.
So if there is indeed a part number for this release handle, and a plans page for it, I'd love to just get it ordered and get it done. Otherwise I guess I'll just finish it up and remove the stub, plug the hole, and fly it without.
On a side note, I am going thru the plans for steps that I've delayed along the way. One of them was the canopy hinge covers, because it says you shouldn't do them until the canopy is complete. After reading it through again it appears that once you do those hinge covers, the canopy is permanent. (i.e. you can't remove it even for maintenance).
Am I understanding this correctly? The reason I have concerns with that is that my garage is only a 7' ceiling, so if I install the canopy permanently along with the cover plates, I can't enter the cockpit again without rolling it outside...and can't work outside on it in the rain. So I want to delay that step until the week before I paint it (hopefully in the next month) if that's true.
If anyone has a part number on the canopy release handle, let me know and I'll get it ordered.
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