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| Subject: | Stiff slider on RV9 |
Dick I too had a terrible time with my RV-7 slider. Very stiff. Its been a
while but I think I ended up tweeking the forward frame curve more even a
fter it was drilled for the canopy plastic which is a no/no due to posssibl
ilty of cracking that forward canopy frame arch. I had a devil of a time ge
tting the frame to fit the rails. It was either too wide or too narrow=2C f
inally it just got better but is still a little stiffer than I would like
=2C but it is free enough to work. Not a great design but I don't know of a
ny way to make it better which I know isn't much help other than to know yo
u are not alone. I suspect everbody had a tough time. perhaps you can get b
etter help/ideas from someone else. It wasn't the roller assembly or the af
t end in my case.Simply a bad fitting canopy forward frame to rail. Seems t
he rails were too narrow for the frame but i couldn't move them out board m
uch due to my fuselage width. Maybe I built the whole fuselage too narrow??
Doesn't seem logical as everything else fit fine. Bill SchoenRV7 finish ki
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> Date: Mon=2C 19 Sep 2011 22:06:11 -0400
> From: retasker@optonline.net
> Subject: RV7-List: Stiff slider on RV9
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> I am having difficulty with the canopy on my 9A. What happens is that it
is essentially impossible to start it sliding from the closed position.
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> I thought it was the rear pin blocks that were binding=2C but it does the
same thing with them completely removed.
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> If I am inside=2C I can get it started by slightly pushing up on the rear
. From the outside=2C the only way is to pull up on the rear. Since the can
opy rear skirts are not yet installed that is now
> possible=2C but when they are installed it will be impossible. Once I get
it to move about 1/2 - 1 inch=2C then it moves back easily.
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> I have checked everything I can think of and everything seems to be spot
on=2C but I am obviously missing something.
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> Has anyone run into this problem? Does anyone have suggestions as to what
I should look for?
>
> Dick Tasker
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