---------------------------------------------------------- RV6-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/05/09: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:03 PM - canopy (bert murillo) 2. 12:39 PM - Re: canopy (George Frost) 3. 03:17 PM - Re: canopy (David Leonard) 4. 08:43 PM - Re: canopy (Roger Edwards) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:03:40 PM PST US From: bert murillo Subject: RV6-List: canopy Hi: I have decided to re work my canopy, that is to remove the canopy and get a new canopy frame. It never fit in a manner I would like.. soooo does any one have a canopy frame for sale? or perhaps and old canopy, not being used .. Trying to save some money...I know the work would be a pain....I even try to talk to some people, south in Florida, i got the names from some \one on the list... They did not know any thing on how to to do this, or they did not want to do it, this guy tells me reluctanly,, well if we do it would be about $1,200, exactly what he said...they are a joke.. I understand, if some one does not want to do the jobe, that is fine, just say so..or sorry we do not do that type of work etc... That is the situation now.. any suggestions, ideas, appreciated I have the Rv6a.. robert do not archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:39:24 PM PST US From: George Frost Subject: Re: RV6-List: canopy On Apr 5, 2009, at 3:03 PM, bert murillo wrote: > > > Hi: > > I have decided to re work my canopy, that is to remove the canopy > and get a new canopy frame. > > It never fit in a manner I would like.. soooo does any one have a > canopy frame for sale? or perhaps and old canopy, not being used .. > > Trying to save some money...I know the work would be a pain....I even > try to talk to some people, south in Florida, i got the names from > some > \one on the list... They did not know any thing on how to to do this, > or they did not want to do it, this guy tells me reluctanly,, well > if we do it would be about $1,200, exactly what he said...they are a > joke.. I understand, if some one does not want to do the jobe, that > is > fine, just say so..or sorry we do not do that type of work etc... > > > That is the situation now.. > > any suggestions, ideas, appreciated > > I have the Rv6a.. > > robert > > > do not archive > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:17:04 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV6-List: canopy From: David Leonard Robert, like many of the early QB RV-6's, the fit of my canopy was appauling. Particularly at its leading edge. Being disinclined to re-do any of that canopy work, I instead eventually 'fixed' the problem by laying up micro over the front turtledeck and on the front deck of the canopy frame. Then just sand down until it looks like it fits better, and paint. added a couple of pounds, but turned out OK and at least I didn't have to re-do the canopy (and potentially get the same problem all over again. -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:03 PM, bert murillo wrote: > > > Hi: > > I have decided to re work my canopy, that is to remove the canopy and get a > new canopy frame. > > It never fit in a manner I would like.. soooo does any one have a > canopy frame for sale? or perhaps and old canopy, not being used .. > > Trying to save some money...I know the work would be a pain....I even > try to talk to some people, south in Florida, i got the names from some > \one on the list... They did not know any thing on how to to do this, > or they did not want to do it, this guy tells me reluctanly,, well > if we do it would be about $1,200, exactly what he said...they are a > joke.. I understand, if some one does not want to do the jobe, that is > fine, just say so..or sorry we do not do that type of work etc... > > > That is the situation now.. > > any suggestions, ideas, appreciated > > I have the Rv6a.. > > robert > > > do not archive > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:43:30 PM PST US From: Roger Edwards Subject: Re: RV6-List: canopy I had` the same problem with the frame on my QB6. I did some "forming" and fiberglass buildup for the rest of the fit. It was a lot of extra work for a poor fitting frame. Never could get the rear skirt to fit nice and tight. I suspect Van's would have fired the welding shop for this frame if they had to use it on one of their planes. ?? --- On Sun, 4/5/09, David Leonard wrote: > From: David Leonard > Subject: Re: RV6-List: canopy > To: rv6-list@matronics.com > Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 6:14 PM > Robert, > like many of the early QB RV-6's, the fit of my > canopy was appauling. Particularly at its leading edge. > Being disinclined to re-do any of that canopy work, I > instead eventually'fixed' the problem by laying up > micro over the front turtledeck and on the front deck of the > canopy frame. Then just sand down until it looks like it > fits better, and paint. added a couple of pounds, but > turned out OK and at least I didn't have to re-do the > canopy (and potentially get the same problem all over > again. > > > -- > David Leonard > > Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY > http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net > http://RotaryRoster.net > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:03 PM, > bert murillo > wrote: > > --> RV6-List message > posted by: bert murillo > > > > > Hi: > > I have decided to re work my canopy, that is to remove the > canopy and get a new canopy frame. > > It never fit in a manner I would like.. soooo does any > one have a > canopy frame for sale? or perhaps and old canopy, not being > used .. > > > Trying to save some money...I know the work would be a > pain....I even > try to talk to some people, south in Florida, i got the > names from some > \one on the list... They did not know any thing on how > to to do this, > > or they did not want to do it, this guy tells me > reluctanly,, well > if we do it would be about $1,200, exactly what he > said...they are a > joke.. I understand, if some one does not want to do the > jobe, that is > fine, just say so..or sorry we do not do that type of work > etc... > > > > That is the situation now.. > > any suggestions, ideas, appreciated > > I have the Rv6a.. > > robert > > > do not archive > > > rowse, Chat, FAQ, > > ="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV6-List" > target="_blank">http://w== > > http://forums.mle, List > Admin. > > ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv6-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV6-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv6-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv6-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.