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Old 06-19-2012, 11:41 AM
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Yipes! Not good! Plus, that looks a LOT bigger than 3/8"!! Looks more like 5/8.
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Old 06-19-2012, 11:49 AM
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What do you all think of the edge distance here? I'm not totally thrilled with it but I understand it is common and doesn't seem to be a big issue. I don't have the exact dimension right now. The other one is a bit better.
Trevor, I think this is quite common actually. Mine looked like this, too, but perhaps not quite this close. Check with Vans just to make sure, but my hunch is they'll say "build on". That hole DOES look a little big to me, too. Is it just the photo?
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Old 06-19-2012, 12:05 PM
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I guess I will e-mail Van's. The hole is 3/8" as the bushings were pressed in without issue. Thanks!
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Old 06-19-2012, 10:03 PM
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Just an update... I talked to Joe at Van's and he didn't like that edge distance at all. I'm going to have it TIG welded and give it another try.
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Old 06-20-2012, 08:41 AM
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In another few months, Trevor can add to the book we've all co-written ... "The Canopy as a Career".
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Old 06-23-2012, 11:34 PM
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My holes on the gooseneck hinges would have ended up exactly like Trevor's if I didn't mark them with a sharpie before I drilled them. The 1/4inch hole as per Van's plans is falsely located and has to be moved about 1/10th of an inch forward to be on the centreline of the gooseneck hinge. I ordered new F-745 ribs and UMHW blocks to and moved the location of the hole slightly forward to rectify this.
There are quite a few gotchas on the tip up canopy apart from the pivot hole and gas strut location. Rivet holes on C-704 splice plate line up with the tooling holes on the aft C-631A canopy frame ribs. The rivet holes on the 613 splice plates conflict with a pre punched hole in the in the C-702 skin. The holes as called in the plans for the angle at the back of the Wd-725's do not line up with the canopy latch lugs and in fact the upper hole also conflicts with the tooling holes in the C-631A's.
It would be nice if the good folks at Van's rework the canopy chapter and change some of the hole patterns and dimensions to what really works.
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Old 06-24-2012, 10:11 AM
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@Mounz: perfect timing, I am working on p. 9-2 (Installing Canopy Release) and will soon come to this part. Any other Gotchas??
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