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1. 04:47 AM - RV6 sliding canopy (Shirley Harding)
2. 05:36 AM - RV6 sliding canopy (Leonard)
3. 11:10 AM - Re: RV6 sliding canopy (Jim Oke)
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| Subject: | RV6 sliding canopy |
--> RV6-List message posted by: "Shirley Harding" <shirleyh@starwon.com.au>
Hi all,
I'm up to the sliding canopy and have read the tips on the "Bunnys guide" which
leads you the "Vans airforce " magazine notes that are reproduced .
It suggests "grinding off the top of the canopy latch tube that sticks above the
frame so that it is flush" - obviously to let the plexiglass lay flat on the
frame.
The RV manual makes no mention of this and seeing as the tube is welded on anyway
by Vans - why do you grind it off and what do you do after the plexiglass
is fitted - weld it back on??
Thanks
Shirley
West Australia
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| Subject: | RV6 sliding canopy |
--> RV6-List message posted by: Leonard <103275.3334@compuserve.com>
Shirley: We put a 45 degree chamfer in the canopy latch hole to
allow clearance for the weld.
Mark
RV7-A
Engine
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| Subject: | Re: RV6 sliding canopy |
--> RV6-List message posted by: Jim Oke <wjoke@shaw.ca>
Hi Shirley;
The idea of getting the canopy to lay flush on the frame is to be able to
slide it around and keep trimming until you figure you have a "perfect fit"
without that 1/4" gap at the centre of the canopy frame. Then you drill the
rivet/screw holes and the canopy latch hole and deal somehow with the latch
mechanism.
The alternative is to decide earlier on when the canopy is going to end up
and then cut a suitable size hole (chamfered and smoothed) for the canopy
latch. This fixes the location of the canopy on the frame and you trim as
needed to get the canopy to fit in that location. In effect, all you have
lost is the possibility of shifting the canopy back and forth when fiddling
with the fit. If you make a reasonable choice for the location of the canopy
latch hole, this is a moot point.
In my experience, making the canopy - windscreen cut is going to affect the
fit in any case, so don't worry too much about a "perfect fit" until you
have made this cut. Obviously once the windscreen is cut off you won't be
able to shift back and forth anyway.
I left the canopy frame alone, did a rough trim only on the canopy, cut the
canopy latch hole relatively early on, trimmed some more to make sure the
canopy portion was fitting well (with excess on the edges and back), made
the canopy/windscreen cut, fitted the windscreen portion which included some
adjusting and trimming along the windscreen canopy line, and then finally
looked after the edges of the canopy. The first really critical trim job was
the forward edge of the canopy.
Depending on how you intend to deal with the canopy windscreen gap (rubber
gasket, metal or fibreglass cover strip, etc., etc.) a really close "knife
edge" fit between the canopy and windscreen may not be what you need in any
case. If the windscreen sits up a trace higher, and a 3/16" - 1/4" gap
exists, a suitable gap seal can be done and still allow decently easy
opening and closing.
Vans really has improved the fit of the frame and canopy mouldings since the
early RV-6 days and some of the older advice articles I think are less than
applicable to the later kits. My finish kit came in spring 2001, BTW.
Jim Oke
Winnipeg, Canada
RV-6A (slider)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shirley Harding" <shirleyh@starwon.com.au>
Subject: RV6-List: RV6 sliding canopy
> --> RV6-List message posted by: "Shirley Harding"
<shirleyh@starwon.com.au>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm up to the sliding canopy and have read the tips on the "Bunnys guide"
which leads you the "Vans airforce " magazine notes that are reproduced .
>
> It suggests "grinding off the top of the canopy latch tube that sticks
above the frame so that it is flush" - obviously to let the plexiglass lay
flat on the frame.
>
> The RV manual makes no mention of this and seeing as the tube is welded
on anyway by Vans - why do you grind it off and what do you do after the
plexiglass is fitted - weld it back on??
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Shirley
>
> West Australia
>
>
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