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1. 04:40 AM - Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal (John Myers)
2. 08:26 AM - Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal (Speedy11@aol.com)
3. 09:28 AM - Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal (Matt Dralle)
4. 02:28 PM - Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal (Bert Murillo)
5. 10:02 PM - Routing Elevator Trim Tab Servo Wires (Garey Wittich)
6. 11:10 PM - Re: Routing Elevator Trim Tab Servo Wires (Matt Dralle)
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| Subject: | Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal |
Stan, I just pull the pin on the UHMW/Delrin slide block and lift
straight off. I have seen a few that machined off the sides of the
slide rail at the rear so that once they pull the front bolts or pins,
slide to the back, they can just lift straight up and off. Most folks
put a short piece of wood/dowel/or whatever in the left or right slide
to keep the canopy from going all the way to the rear in order to keep
the handle from hitting at the rear, so in normal operation, the canopy
never actually gets to the very rear of the slide. Then when you are
ready to remove it, pull the front bolts, slide back to the machined out
area of the slide and then lift up. Clear as mud? sorry don't have a
picture.
As I said, I didn't want to cut the slide, so I go to the trouble of
pulling the pin in the UHMW/Delrin block so it stays on the rail when I
pull the canopy.
Hope that helps.
John
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From: Speedy11@aol.com
To: rv8-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject: RV8-List: RV-8 Canopy Removal
For folks who have finished the canopy, I'd like to know how you
remove it should you need to. As I fit mine today, even before the
skirt is on it, the canopy almost touches the vertical stabilizer before
the Delrin slider block clears the slider. With the skirt on, I wonder
how you can remove the canopy other than removing the slider?
Stan Sutterfield
www.rv-8a.net
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| Subject: | Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal |
Bill,
No kidding.
I've made a carrier for the canopy also and it works great.
But, as I was removing the canopy yesterday with the skirt temporarily
clamped in place, the trailing edge of the skirt hit the rudder before the nylon
attachment bracket reached the end of the slider track!
I was very surprised and wondered if others had experienced the same thing.
I guess not.
I'll take another look at it today and see if I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks,
Stan
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Stan, your kidding right? Just slide it rearward until it gets to the end
of
the track, lift the front off the roller stubs and then slid it rearward
some more until the nylon attachment bracket passes the slide rail. Then
lift
it
off. Its not much of a problem until you get the skirts on. Then getting it
off is about the same, but you cannot set it on a table as before because
the
thin fiberglass skirts extend below the frame and should not be allowed to
support the weight of the canopy. I made a special bench to support the
canopy
on the normal three points. Best regards, Bill
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| Subject: | Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal |
At 06:47 PM 1/23/2009 Friday, you wrote:
>For folks who have finished the canopy, I'd like to know how you remove it should
you need to. As I fit mine today, even before the skirt is on it, the canopy
almost touches the vertical stabilizer before the Delrin slider block clears
the slider. With the skirt on, I wonder how you can remove the canopy other
than removing the slider?
>Stan Sutterfield
><http://www.rv-8a.net>www.rv-8a.net
Hi Stan,
Well, as luck would have it, I don't have a single picture with the canopy slid
all the way back taken from the rear. However, I fit the Plexi and the skirts
and was able to remove the canopy without a problem. It comes close to the
vertical stab but it clears alright.
Here are a bunch of pictures of my RV-8 installation. Be sure to cycle though
all the various entries including the skirt installation after the scratch removal
section.
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=dralle&project=638&category=2973&log=67121&row=24
Best regards,
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV (res)
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| Subject: | Re: RV-8 Canopy Removal |
Stan: I have an rv6a, so I do not know on the 8, but the canopy when
all the way back, is plenty
of space before it will touch the V. S.
as to remove, the canopy, again on the rv6, is held only by two
screws, that hold the front
ends into the rollers, in the front. The center, of course is the
rail, in which the plastic,piece, that
is attached to the top rail, will slide back and forth..
To remove the canopy, you unsrew the two front bolts, then some one
helping ( you need two
people, or you will bang all the paint around, don't ask me why I
know this) will keep canopy
straight and level, you slide it all the way back until it passes the
end of the rail, then the canopy
is totally free. One person hold the front, the other one side, and
moving carefully move out
of the plane... is not that easy, as I said, it is heavy than one thinks...
A stron guy maybe can lift it all by himself I could not do it....
To install it back reverese the process..
Hope this will add to the prebious info.
bert
rv6a
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
> At 06:47 PM 1/23/2009 Friday, you wrote:
>>For folks who have finished the canopy, I'd like to know how you remove it should
you need to. As I fit mine today, even before the skirt is on it, the canopy
almost touches the vertical stabilizer before the Delrin slider block clears
the slider. With the skirt on, I wonder how you can remove the canopy other
than removing the slider?
>>Stan Sutterfield
>><http://www.rv-8a.net>www.rv-8a.net
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> Well, as luck would have it, I don't have a single picture with the canopy slid
all the way back taken from the rear. However, I fit the Plexi and the skirts
and was able to remove the canopy without a problem. It comes close to the
vertical stab but it clears alright.
>
> Here are a bunch of pictures of my RV-8 installation. Be sure to cycle though
all the various entries including the skirt installation after the scratch removal
section.
>
> http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=dralle&project=638&category=2973&log=67121&row=24
>
> Best regards,
>
> Matt Dralle
> RV-8 #82880 N998RV (res)
>
>
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| Subject: | Routing Elevator Trim Tab Servo Wires |
Greetings:
Looking for a better solution than routing the Trim Tab Servo wires thru the hole
in the Elevator Spar (where the long Servo Motor Screw goes).
Does anybody have any pictures or diagrams of the Wire Routing of the Trim Tab
Motor wires in the Elevator to the Horizontal STABILIZER to the fuselage.
Not much given on this subject on Matronics.
Thanks, Garey Santa Monica, CA
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| Subject: | Re: Routing Elevator Trim Tab Servo Wires |
At 10:01 PM 1/24/2009 Saturday, you wrote:
>--> RV-List message posted by: Garey Wittich <gareywittich2000@yahoo.com>
>
>Greetings:
>
>Looking for a better solution than routing the Trim Tab Servo wires thru the hole
in the Elevator Spar (where the long Servo Motor Screw goes).
>
>Does anybody have any pictures or diagrams of the Wire Routing of the Trim Tab
Motor wires in the Elevator to the Horizontal STABILIZER to the fuselage.
>
>Not much given on this subject on Matronics.
>
>Thanks, Garey Santa Monica, CA
Hi Garey,
I just did this task. I simply drilled a 1/4" hole above the servo screw hole
and added a little black plastic bushing. Attached is a picture.
Best regards,
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV (res)
Building Time Since July 2008: 728.75 Hours
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