---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 09/20/11: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:08 AM - Re: Stiff slider on RV9 (Bill Schoen) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:08:23 AM PST US From: Bill Schoen Subject: RE: RV7-List: 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 t > Date: Mon=2C 19 Sep 2011 22:06:11 -0400 > From: retasker@optonline.net > Subject: RV7-List: Stiff slider on RV9 > To: > et> > > 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. > > I thought it was the rear pin blocks that were binding=2C but it does the same thing with them completely removed. > > 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. > > I have checked everything I can think of and everything seems to be spot on=2C but I am obviously missing something. > > Has anyone run into this problem? Does anyone have suggestions as to what I should look for? > > Dick Tasker > > -- > Please Note: > No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message. We do concede=2C however=2C > that a significant number of electrons may have been temporarily inconven ienced. > -- > > =========== =========== =========== =========== > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv7-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV7-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/rv7-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv7-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.