Doug from Mel Bch
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Was watching a Youtube of an RV4 by a guy who goes by acam37….he had an actuator they held his canopy partially open for taxi……does anyone have any info on this set-up? Thanks…
Post a link or a picture.. I’m interested in it too!!Hey Doug - Dayton Murdock has fabricated a pretty cool "canopy holder" featured in a KitPlanes article authored by Paul Dye a couple years ago. I'm building a -4 in Reno and when I hit Dayton up for a few of his t-quadrants, I'll ask if I may also buy one of his holders or get the specs to fabricate. The holder is manual and not electrically actuated, I believe. Cheers
Hi HFS,My $.02 ...
The "Gate Latch" on my Rocket.
HFS
I believe this has been discussed before. Did you search it? Wow! Whatever that is in post #4 looks like part of a bridge!
Here's mine. Simple. Easy. Works VERY well. There is nylon behind all the holes. Similar bracket on the aft section of the canopy frame but I don't have a picture of that. Guess I never look back there..... There is a bend in the rod on the aft hold-down rod to make it center on the bracket.
Do you have photos of the other side of your latch? Looks simple enough to make one up. I assume you added in an extra center locking pin to the main front and rears pins.My $.02 ...
The "Gate Latch" on my Rocket.
HFS
Sorry Dean about not getting back to you sooner - the short answer is no drawings. I basically modeled it after the gate "latches" we all have on our backyard fence. Most of the "design" (if you can call it that) is about getting the slope on the top face of the pivot arm to be user friendly with the lock pin as it comes down with the closing of the canopy. Too shallow a slope and the lock pin won't slide along it, too steep and the pivot arm doesn't go back far enough for the pivot pin to "fall" into a locking position. And then there's "gravity", the pivot arm needs to have enough weight away from the pivot point to make sure that it will fall "closed" after the lock pin falls into its receiver in the main frame of the latch.Hi HFS,
I like this design. Do you know if drawings exist or a source of supply exists?
Regards,
Dean
Hi David,Sorry Dean about not getting back to you sooner - the short answer is no drawings. I basically modeled it after the gate "latches" we all have on our backyard fence. Most of the "design" (if you can call it that) is about getting the slope on the top face of the pivot arm to be user friendly with the lock pin as it comes down with the closing of the canopy. Too shallow a slope and the lock pin won't slide along it, too steep and the pivot arm doesn't go back far enough for the pivot pin to "fall" into a locking position. And then there's "gravity", the pivot arm needs to have enough weight away from the pivot point to make sure that it will fall "closed" after the lock pin falls into its receiver in the main frame of the latch.
Best - David
I will - thxHi David,
Thanks for the reply. Disappointed to hear no drawings. If you can post some photos from additional angles, I'm sure many would appreciate the opportunity to reverse engineer your design.
Regards,
Dean