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2.2(j) If the canopy, or door for cabin-type aircraft, is hinged on the forward (leading) edge, it must incorporate a quick-release mechanism to facilitate emergency egress. Van's design is all you need. You may modify to relocate the handle as long as you can reach it while strapped in. |
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The ideal thing for ditching would be to be able to slide it half way back and lock it. I think it might have been Jon Thocker that experimented with sliding the canopy open in flight. He found the stock fuselage construction lacks support for the track between the bulkheads and the flex of the track makes it hard to slide the canopy. Adding a partial bulkhead in the right spot may be a huge help. Search for his posts in the archives. |
Regs are regs
but you will never get an unmodified -6 tipper (likely true of a -7 but I'm not sure) open enough in flight to egress the plane or to jettison the canopy. Requires slotting the forward skin over the hinges in a manner not to plans, or slowing down to maybe 15 mph.
(... so I guess you could do it in a hammerhead if you timed things perfectly.) Since parachuting from the plane is a necessary capability for flying in sanctioned acro events, it seems to me a plans-built tipper should be excluded from entering without a demonstrated ability to accomplish this (no matter where your yellow and black handle is located). And I'd love to see how it's done, so I could shed my canopy if facing a water ditching :) |
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Original design of the RV-6 canopy was truly jettisonable.
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The slots are covered with white tape, and no one has ever noticed unless I point it out. |
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Is there a release procedure- like release the pins - then release the latch, then release the belts? |
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