I give lots of rides to friends and family in my 6a/tipup. I have no excuse for not latching that canopy since riders always point out that its not completely closed when we taxi out to the runway. But, I pulled it closed and set the rotating handle once without closing the latch. I didn't even notice the canopy was not latched until I saw the latch lever sticking out. The handle held the canopy down fine, and I didn't have any problem closing the latch in flight. I was probably doing about 100 knots. I have an aluminum "targa" strip to cover the cut in the canopy. I wonder if that targa strip reduced the noise and made the canopy easier to latch in flight.
Last edited by jpowell13 : 07-08-2014 at 10:38 AM.
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I reworked the release mechanism on my tilt-up so that the center armrest acts as the lever to lock the canopy. pretty hard to take off with it sticking up at 45?. plus the torque of locking is evenly distributed.
I reworked the release mechanism on my tilt-up so that the center armrest acts as the lever to lock the canopy. pretty hard to take off with it sticking up at 45?. plus the torque of locking is evenly distributed.
Do you have photos? That sounds like an excellent idea...
__________________ Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
Targa style tipup canopy
Linear Mode
