---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 01/30/08: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:20:22 AM PST US Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Canopy Side Window From: "Scotty" 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:10:40 AM PST US From: "Mark Stauffer" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: 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 -----Original Message----- 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:52:28 PM PST US From: "Colin J. Kennedy" Subject: Lightning-List: 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 -----Original Message----- 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 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:20:39 PM PST US From: "Colin J. Kennedy" Subject: Lightning-List: 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. 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