---------------------------------------------------------- L29-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 06/02/16: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:18 AM - Canopy Lock/ Tail Trim (Anthony Royal) 2. 07:45 AM - Re: Canopy Lock/ Tail Trim (schwartzcompany@att.net) 3. 08:48 AM - Re: Canopy Lock/ Tail Trim (Anthony Royal) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:18:25 AM PST US From: Anthony Royal Subject: L29-List: Canopy Lock/ Tail Trim Hey guys,Has anyone had a problem with their canopy lock system? Went to fl y yesterday and the canopy warning light wouldn't go off when I locked the canopy. Naturally, the canopy seal inflate won't inflate either. Verified t he canopy locks are closed and locked and the handle is full forward and ro tated up into the correct locked position. I assume there is some sort of m icro switch that senses the handle position but couldn't find anything in t he service manual or the parts book on it. There's a small metal box on the forward end of the locking handle shaft with three or four wires going int o it. I assume this is the micro switch but the metal box looks to be compl etely sealed. =C2-Could someone enlighten me and/or does someone have a s chematic before I start tearing into this blindly ? Also, after verifying the canopy was locked, I went ahead and flew and was doing touch and goes and during one of the touch and goes the tail failed t o re-trim. When I brought the flaps up after departure the nose went abrupt ly up. Brought the gear back down and flaps back to 15 and this relieved th e stick pressure enough so I could keep level and I started back to homebas e 15 miles away. While enroute, the tail finally retrimed. When I got back on the ground the tail trim seemed to be be working again as verified by th e tail trim light illuminating. There was a previous post about microswitch es in the wing that signal the tail the flap position. Would someone be so kind as to point me in the general direction/location of the microswitches in the wing? May just need to be cleaned. Thanks for any info you can supply. Anthony ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:45:08 AM PST US From: schwartzcompany@att.net Subject: Re: L29-List: Canopy Lock/ Tail Trim Micro switch is at the end of the red lock handle. Check that Get Outlook for Android On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:20 AM -0700, "Anthony Royal" wrote: Hey guys,Has anyone had a problem with their canopy lock system? Went to fl y yesterday and the canopy warning light wouldn't go off when I locked the canopy. Naturally, the canopy seal inflate won't inflate either. Verified t he canopy locks are closed and locked and the handle is full forward and ro tated up into the correct locked position. I assume there is some sort of m icro switch that senses the handle position but couldn't find anything in t he service manual or the parts book on it. There's a small metal box on the forward end of the locking handle shaft with three or four wires going int o it. I assume this is the micro switch but the metal box looks to be compl etely sealed. =C2-Could someone enlighten me and/or does someone have a s chematic before I start tearing into this blindly ? Also, after verifying the canopy was locked, I went ahead and flew and was doing touch and goes and during one of the touch and goes the tail failed t o re-trim. When I brought the flaps up after departure the nose went abrupt ly up. Brought the gear back down and flaps back to 15 and this relieved th e stick pressure enough so I could keep level and I started back to homebas e 15 miles away. While enroute, the tail finally retrimed. When I got back on the ground the tail trim seemed to be be working again as verified by th e tail trim light illuminating. There was a previous post about microswitch es in the wing that signal the tail the flap position. Would someone be so kind as to point me in the general direction/location of the microswitches in the wing? May just need to be cleaned. Thanks for any info you can supply. Anthony ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:48:53 AM PST US From: Anthony Royal Subject: Re: L29-List: Canopy Lock/ Tail Trim Thanks Bob. Yes, that's the metal box I referred to. It looks to be sealed but I haven't removed the lock handle assy yet to see if there is an access on the back side. On Thursday, June 2, 2016 10:57 AM, "schwartzcompany@att.net" wrote: Micro switch is at the end of the red lock handle. Check thatGet Outlook f or Android On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:20 AM -0700, "Anthony Royal" wrote: Hey guys,Has anyone had a problem with their canopy lock system? Went to fl y yesterday and the canopy warning light wouldn't go off when I locked the canopy. Naturally, the canopy seal inflate won't inflate either. Verified t he canopy locks are closed and locked and the handle is full forward and ro tated up into the correct locked position. I assume there is some sort of m icro switch that senses the handle position but couldn't find anything in t he service manual or the parts book on it. There's a small metal box on the forward end of the locking handle shaft with three or four wires going int o it. I assume this is the micro switch but the metal box looks to be compl etely sealed. =C2-Could someone enlighten me and/or does someone have a s chematic before I start tearing into this blindly ? Also, after verifying the canopy was locked, I went ahead and flew and was doing touch and goes and during one of the touch and goes the tail failed t o re-trim. When I brought the flaps up after departure the nose went abrupt ly up. Brought the gear back down and flaps back to 15 and this relieved th e stick pressure enough so I could keep level and I started back to homebas e 15 miles away. While enroute, the tail finally retrimed. When I got back on the ground the tail trim seemed to be be working again as verified by th e tail trim light illuminating. There was a previous post about microswitch es in the wing that signal the tail the flap position. Would someone be so kind as to point me in the general direction/location of the microswitches in the wing? May just need to be cleaned. Thanks for any info you can supply. 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