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| Subject: | Re: Trick to opening canopy in flight? |
I came very close to flying under the bridge on Lake Shasta. -Chickened o
ut.=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: "jetinc@comcast.net"
<jetinc@comcast.net>=0ATo: teamgrumman-list@matronics.com =0ASent: Saturday
, May 19, 2012 10:43 PM=0ASubject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Trick to opening c
anopy in flight?=0A =0A=0Ahow about under the golden gate at night? not be
but a friend flew a cheetah under it. -what was he thinking, just image a
cable hanging down as they're constantly painting that thing.=0A=0A_______
_________________________=0AFrom: "Gary L Vogt" <teamgrumman@yahoo.com>=0AT
o: teamgrumman-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:09:44 P
M=0ASubject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Trick to opening canopy in flight?=0A=0A
=0AI have a closeup 8x10 of Herse Castle swimming pool from about 300 AGL,
canopy open. I was young and fearless back then.-=0A=0A=0AGarySent from m
y iPad=0A=0AOn May 19, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Davie Alison <guy4sky@yahoo.com> w
rote:=0A=0A=0A=0A>When my wife had about 65 hours, we took a Tiger from Cal
ifornia to the east coast and back.-- Over the Grand Canyon, we were th
rottling back and opening the canopy for most of our photo shots.--We w
ould both pull together. The next morning, my arm was sore from doing that
so many times.=0A>=0A>=0A>If you ever want to open the canopy beyond the li
mit marked on the rails (few inches), you need to really hold onto it -- on
ce it gets back a bit more, the airstream really catches it and will slam i
t back it you don't ease it back.--- In that position, any thing loos
e (paper, other light objects) will blow out.=0A>=0A>Not necessarily recomm
ended, but there have been lots of skydives made out of Cheetahs and Tigers
.=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>--- On Sat, 5/12/12, barry speronello <bkspero@gmail.com>
wrote:=0A>=0A>=0A>>From: barry speronello <bkspero@gmail.com>=0A>>Subject:
TeamGrumman-List: Trick to opening canopy in flight?=0A>>To: "teamgrumman-l
ist@matronics.com" <teamgrumman-list@matronics.com>=0A>>Date: Saturday, May
12, 2012, 8:48 PM=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>I tried for the first time today to open m
y Tiger's canopy in flight.- IAS about 100 kts.- Pulled back on the lat
ch, and nothing.- Reached up for a better grip and it moved some, but did
not open.- Tried a third time with two hands and it felt like the front
seal was stretching flightly, but it would not separate.- It was like I w
as trying to open it against a vacuum and as long as no air leaked in, the
canopy wouldn't slide back.=0A>>I stopped at that point, as I was concerned
that pulling harder might tear the relatively soft seal on the front face
of the canopy.=0A>>Other information.- I am sure the latch was unhooked..
.it holds my canopy solidly forward and on my second and third tries the ca
nopy moved to the extent that the seal stretched.- Movement like that doe
s not happen with the latch closed.=0A>>Both air vents were full open and b
lowing lots of air into the cabin.- Hot air was closed.=0A>>What am I mis
sing?- Is there a trick to getting it open in flight?- During one of my
training flights in a rental Tiger the instructor opened the canopy with l
ittle effort.- That was in the autumn, though, so the vents were probably
closed.- But I would have guessed that the vents would help equalize the
pressure and make opening easier.- Is it that the interior was actually
pressurized relative to outside and the problem is that it can't slide agai
nst the top of the rails?=0A>>Thanks in advance for your help.=0A>>Barry S(
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Was only going to remove the ADF antenna. -Wow. -What a mess.=0A=0ALots
more pics on AuCountry Aviation Facebook page.
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