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1. 05:20 AM - Re: Canopy Side Window (Scotty)
2. 09:10 AM - Re: Canopy Side Window (Mark Stauffer)
3. 06:52 PM - FW: Builders - Inboard Aileron Hinge (Colin J. Kennedy)
4. 07:20 PM - Builders - Inboard Aileron Hinge (Colin J. Kennedy)
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| Subject: | Re: Canopy Side Window |
Clive,
In mountains, as with everything, size is relative; that is why my grandpa told
me to marry a woman with small hands . . . ya da ya da . . cymbal crash. Old
joke - sorry guys.
Re cameras and planes:
We tried many things to get pictures from the air. Most cockpits are too small
for maneuvering SLRs, even the small wanna-be SLRs. We tried shooting from the
rear of a Seneca with the door off and wind buffeted the camera too much.
Then there is the distortion and glazing that the windscreen causes. The best
thing that we found was a thing called a lipstick lens attached to the strut
of a door-less Kit Fox with florist's clay. The operator could reach out and adjust
the lens as necessary. The big problem with this is the definition of the
resulting pictures. The lipstick lens was poor quality and we captured still
shots from movie clips and then photoshopped the heck out of them. The lipstick
lenses may have improved some by now. Also they may have lipstick lenses
that will attach to a high res digital SLR. Ideally, there would be a mount
outside the cockpit that could be reached by hand. That would be the semi low
cost "optimum" in my opinion.
As with everything; enough money can fix it. Clay Lacy has some pretty fancy setups
on a Lear for air to air shooting, but that setup would equal the price
of many Lightnings.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=161333#161333
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| Subject: | Canopy Side Window |
Wayne and others,
The canopy side window provided by Arion is a "drop down" window with a
spring loaded latch and is similar to a Piper Cherokee side window. It is
installed during the manufacturing process - not by the builder. The
dimensions are 6.5" wide by 4.5" tall. The aft edge of the window is 16"
forward of the rear of the canopy and bottom edge is 5" up from the bottom
of the canopy.
Hope this helps. Have a great day!
Mark
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From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Wayne
Patterson
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:36 PM
To: lightning-list@matronics.com
Subject: Lightning-List: Canopy Side Window
Does anyone have any close up photos of an installed canopy side
window? Does anyone have any experience using the window for personal
aerial photography? I would love to hear personal experiences with the side
window before placing my order. This is my last question before ordering -
so I eagerly await any first hand information available!
Wayne Patterson
Perth Australia
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| Subject: | FW: Builders - Inboard Aileron Hinge |
Section 16 Wing Final Assembly and Installation says:
"5. With the aileron attached, place the aileron at full up deflection,
this
is measured at the tip and must be 3.5 inches."
So there is the up range. What's the down range?
Colin K.
OK
http://www.mykitlog.com/cojaken
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From: Colin J. Kennedy [mailto:cjk129@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:52 PM
Subject: Builders - Inboard Aileron Hinge
Section 13 of the manual says:
"Clamp the hinge bracket in place and move the aileron through its
operating
range."
My question is, what is the operating range? Degrees up and down or
trailing
edge inches up and down, without contacting the wing? The neutral point
being where the aileron trailing edge is aligned with the flap trailing
edge.
Colin K.
OK
http://www.mykitlog.com/cojaken
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| Subject: | Builders - Inboard Aileron Hinge |
Section 13 of the manual says:
"Clamp the hinge bracket in place and move the aileron through its
operating
range."
My question is, what is the operating range? Degrees up and down or
trailing
edge inches up and down, without contacting the wing? The neutral point
being where the aileron trailing edge is aligned with the flap trailing
edge.
Colin K.
OK
http://www.mykitlog.com/cojaken
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