---------------------------------------------------------- TeamGrumman-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 05/20/12: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:09 AM - Re: Trick to opening canopy in flight? (Gary Vogt) 2. 10:35 AM - Before and after (Gary Vogt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:09:31 AM PST US From: Gary Vogt Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: 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" =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" =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 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 wrote:=0A>=0A>=0A>>From: barry speronello =0A>>Subject: TeamGrumman-List: Trick to opening canopy in flight?=0A>>To: "teamgrumman-l ist@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( 2)=0A>>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tea_blank" href="http://forums. matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com href="http://www.matronics.com /Navigator?TeamGrumman-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?TeamGrumman -List=0Ahref="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com=0A href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/con tribution =0Ast" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Team Grumman-List=0Atp://forums.matronics.com=0A_blank">http://www.matronics.com ====================== ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:35:45 AM PST US From: Gary Vogt Subject: TeamGrumman-List: Before and after Was only going to remove the ADF antenna. -Wow. -What a mess.=0A=0ALots more pics on AuCountry Aviation Facebook page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message teamgrumman-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/TeamGrumman-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/teamgrumman-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/teamgrumman-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.