danielhv
Well Known Member
Is this guy a member here? Kinda curious how well this is working out for him... pretty cool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBIEPzC9G1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBIEPzC9G1s
Funny, I was thinking you might be able to open and close the canopy with a pair of flap motors....But , had I gone with an on board compressor, the next thing would have been AIR FLAPS!!!! A lot easer than the air canopy that you just completed. Remember, a few pumps from a hand pump will also work, due to the small volume needed.........
the next thing would have been AIR FLAPS!!!! **SNIP** a few pumps from a hand pump will also work, due to the small volume needed.........
YOU GUYS MISSED MY POINT..........................
YEP!And the point was..."Simplicate and add lightness?"
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Nice idea on the air operated flaps, but I would think it would be difficult to correctly time flap deployments so that both were deployed at exactly the same time and to the same degree.
I think dual pistons on the flaps would also make it more prone to asymetrical deployments. Sticking with one would get rid of that concern.
Of course the other benefit of an air system is you could hook up ejection seats! They could serve either as an emergency egress mechanism or a way of getting rid of unwanted chatter during instrument approaches.
Should be pretty easy to do the power part. I think a Seawind has a power canopy, or at least the ones I saw at a, umm, completion center. I recall a 12v linear actuator. Air might be lighter, I dunno. From the background sound in the video, I'd guess a 12V compressor robbed from a portable tire inflator
Quick Google search, actuators and remotes:
http://www.firgelliauto.com/