BobbyLucas
Well Known Member
Has anyone placed the lift handle further aft than shown in the plans for more leverage? Is there any reason not to?
please, do read the article in Experimental Airplanes Magazine some time ago of a bloke that un-purposely mounted the canopy handle backwards: it opened in flight!.
Handle position works pretty well in factory design. One does need to push the handle over the nylon threshold, though. Which can be problematic because it is so to say a bit out of reach. I attached a switch with an idiot-light in the panel for that reason, just to be sure it's closed.
But Jim, my wings aren't on at the moment!
Good point. We'll try a few different positions and see what feels best I guess. Hard to get nice grip with two clecos in the way though.