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1. 10:45 AM - Chat Room Reminder For "Digesters" (George Race)
2. 06:46 PM - CANOPY SEALING? (GLJSOJ1)
3. 07:44 PM - Re: CANOPY SEALING? (Paul Mulwitz)
4. 08:06 PM - Re: CANOPY SEALING? (MHerder)
5. 08:10 PM - Re: CANOPY SEALING? (Bryan Martin)
6. 08:42 PM - Re: CANOPY SEALING? (Bryan Martin)
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| Subject: | Chat Room Reminder For "Digesters" |
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George
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My 601XL is getting ready for inspection nest weekend and I can't find or figure
out how to seal the canopy at the side rails. My problem is that I have a 3/4
inch gap there. I have looked at weatherstripping, garage door seal, ACS catalog,
auto shops, door seals. Unless someone has a better idea I plan to get
s 3/4 to 1 inch thick sheet of closed cell-foam and cut strips to glue to the
bottom of each rail. The thickest door seal I have found is 1/2 inch.
Thanks
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| Subject: | Re: CANOPY SEALING? |
Have you considered stacking weather strip on top of more weather
strip? Also you might stick some to the canopy and some to the rail.
Paul
XL grounded
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At 06:45 PM 5/17/2009, you wrote:
>My 601XL is getting ready for inspection nest weekend and I can't
>find or figure out how to seal the canopy at the side rails. My
>problem is that I have a 3/4 inch gap there. I have looked at
>weatherstripping, garage door seal, ACS catalog, auto shops, door
>seals. Unless someone has a better idea I plan to get s 3/4 to 1
>inch thick sheet of closed cell-foam and cut strips to glue to the
>bottom of each rail. The thickest door seal I have found is 1/2 inch.
>
>Thanks
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| Subject: | Re: CANOPY SEALING? |
Im planning on using some automotive weather stripping so that it is durable.
There are places online that have tons of different shapes and thicknesses.
Ive got 1/2" on one side 3/8" on the other.
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| Subject: | Re: CANOPY SEALING? |
The problem with putting foam under the canopy rails is that the stuff
tends to get really stiff in cold weather. It gets hard to compress
under the rail, making it difficult to fully latch the canopy. I ended
up attaching a foam strip to the inside of the canopy rail that
extends down to make contact with the bottom frame. As I recall, it's
a garage door bottom seal made of foam rubber about two inches wide
with the bottom 1/4 inch angled about 45 degrees. When I close the
canopy, the bottom edge bends inward instead of compressing, causing
less resistance to closing the canopy. I only have about 3/8ths of an
inch of gap to seal, so I trimmed top edge of the foam to just cover
the double sided tape I used to attach it. I can check to see if I
still have the packaging so I can get a brand and part number of the
product. As I recall, I bought it at Home depot.
On May 17, 2009, at 9:45 PM, GLJSOJ1 wrote:
> My 601XL is getting ready for inspection nest weekend and I can't
> find or figure out how to seal the canopy at the side rails. My
> problem is that I have a 3/4 inch gap there. I have looked at
> weatherstripping, garage door seal, ACS catalog, auto shops, door
> seals. Unless someone has a better idea I plan to get s 3/4 to 1
> inch thick sheet of closed cell-foam and cut strips to glue to the
> bottom of each rail. The thickest door seal I have found is 1/2 inch.
>
>
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Bryan Martin
N61BM, CH 601 XL,
RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.
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| Subject: | Re: CANOPY SEALING? |
The low pressure above the wing causes air to leak OUT of the cabin
under the canopy rails. So a flexible strip applied to the inside of
the canopy rail will tend to get pushed into the gap to help seal it.
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> My 601XL is getting ready for inspection nest weekend and I can't
> find or figure out how to seal the canopy at the side rails.
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Bryan Martin
N61BM, CH 601 XL,
RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.
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