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Canopy Lock and Canopy Trim Kit
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engineerofsorts
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Various canopy locking solutions
Searching through the fora, there are several canopy locking schemes--I don't think Van's has come up with their official solution. My scheme made use of the pilot-side canopy alignment tab, and I don't believe any seals would interfere with it:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?p=781539&highlight=canopy+lock#post781539
Searching through the fora, there are several canopy locking schemes--I don't think Van's has come up with their official solution. My scheme made use of the pilot-side canopy alignment tab, and I don't believe any seals would interfere with it:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?p=781539&highlight=canopy+lock#post781539
engineerofsorts
Well Known Member
No problem
Jerry,
I have installed the trim kit. It glues onto the square tubing of the canopy. For my lock implementation, where I replaced the alignment tab with a longer tab with a hook, that tab is still accessible/removable/replaceable because the trim does not cover that triangular tab. For other implementations, such as John Albury (Jetguy), he cut a notch in the bottom of the square tubing, and in the deck, with the lock coming through the deck to catch on the notch in the square tubing. As in my implementation, there should be no interference with the canopy trim kit. Not having installed the canopy seal kit, my concern was, using Jetguy's implementation, whether the seal and the notches he cut in the deck would cause interference with the seal. Most likely not a big problem.
Rob
Jerry,
I have installed the trim kit. It glues onto the square tubing of the canopy. For my lock implementation, where I replaced the alignment tab with a longer tab with a hook, that tab is still accessible/removable/replaceable because the trim does not cover that triangular tab. For other implementations, such as John Albury (Jetguy), he cut a notch in the bottom of the square tubing, and in the deck, with the lock coming through the deck to catch on the notch in the square tubing. As in my implementation, there should be no interference with the canopy trim kit. Not having installed the canopy seal kit, my concern was, using Jetguy's implementation, whether the seal and the notches he cut in the deck would cause interference with the seal. Most likely not a big problem.
Rob
engineerofsorts
Well Known Member
On second thought
I shouldn't speak for Jetguy's implemention--he may have riveting a chunk of aluminum angle on the inside of the canopy's square tubing--that might interfere with the trim placement.
I shouldn't speak for Jetguy's implemention--he may have riveting a chunk of aluminum angle on the inside of the canopy's square tubing--that might interfere with the trim placement.
