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Old 04-12-2010, 07:03 PM
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Default Canopy Safety Latch

I've been reading recently about RV-4 canopy safety latches. I just have the standard spring loaded canopy lever. I couldn't find much in the RVator about the safety latches. Anyone have some more detailed info?
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Old 04-13-2010, 11:07 AM
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There are several photos of my latch system on this page

http://www.vincesrocket.com/canopy.htm

It's a Rocket, but it's basically the same as the RV-4.
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Old 04-15-2010, 06:09 AM
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Default RV-4 Canopy Safety Latch

Vince,
Any chance you could post a picture of your installed latch? Van's sells one but doesn't have a picture on the website. Just trying to visualize something for fabrication.
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