---------------------------------------------------------- RV6-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 07/03/03: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:47:14 AM PST US From: "Shirley Harding" Subject: RV6-List: RV6 sliding canopy --> RV6-List message posted by: "Shirley Harding" 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:36:54 AM PST US From: Leonard <103275.3334@compuserve.com> Subject: RV6-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:10:43 AM PST US From: Jim Oke Subject: Re: RV6-List: RV6 sliding canopy --> RV6-List message posted by: Jim Oke 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" Subject: RV6-List: RV6 sliding canopy > --> RV6-List message posted by: "Shirley Harding" > > 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 > >