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Lol Paul.....having crack my canopy on two occasions the last thing I am worried about is a rescuer trying to break through the canopy. A mere fart in the wrong direction should do the trick!

Are you taunting me on purpose...."I'll take a look next time I am at the airport" Laughing

I can only go as far as looking next time that I am passing through my garage! Crying or Very sad

Thanks Paul, and in the places where you have to go first through an aluminum piece and then into the canopy did you just make a large size hole in both the canopy material and the aluminum skin with ...

How have you guys dealt with riveting on the canopy? The sides of the front and rear canopy would need to be riveted but after my past experiences cracking the canopy I am really reluctant to do anyt ...

hi guys, I had received advice to blunt the drill bit so that it grinds as opposed to bites into the material. Some of the local guys referred me to this US video on the subject.

http://www.eaavide ...

Here is the link that the guys provided me with http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=1200008869001.

Cheers

James

Hi Steve, sorry for the late post I only got back onto the forum recently. I have been having exactly the same problems as you. I have done everything up to where the home built help video leaves it ...

Hi Chris,

I ordered my stuff from Spruce (don't know if it is exactly the same stuff that you are referring to but here's the link any way:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/rubberch ...

Sorry Paul, I promise never to be nice to you on the list again. Razz

Paul you are a star..I set up your jig a la the photo earlier on the thread and it worked really well. Like you mentioned earlier it is an iterative process (slowly slowly) but the result on the fron ...

Hi Larry,

I used the Home Built Help DVD but unfortunately it didn't mention the bending of the hoops to fit the canopy shape (not that I saw anyway) hence the reason I assumed (the mother of xxxxx ...

Hi Paul,

I can't bend the hoops as I have already drilled a number of holes it them and according to several of the guys bending hoops with holes equals broken hoops (see the Zenith Aero posts on t ...

Thanks very much for the rapid replies guys. Unfortunately unless I want to buy another canopy I cannot bend the hoops so I am stuck with what I have.

For me I think the solution lies with copying ...

Hi Steve, these guy I think...http://www.toddscanopies.com/

Hi List,

Just wanted to see what people experience is with fitting the 650 style canopy. I have just attempted this and ended up with a nice cracked canopy as there is no way that the shape of the ...

What is with the furry thing on the left of shot in the fourth photo? Were you sharing the turret with a Racoon?

Thanks I was looking at the wing walk area itself. I haven't built the wings yet so don't really know what it should look like yet.

Does make you feel better about your own work. I think my standard of work is average.

There were some photos where, worryingly, I cannot identify what is incorrect (like the one of the wing walk ...

Wow list thanks for all the replies I will forward them to the owner of the HDS and hopefully he can report back when he finds a workable solution to increase his cruise speed.

Larry - I particular ...

Quick question to the list and especially for anyone with an HDS operating on 100 hp.

A friend of mine in South Africa is having difficulties getting anywhere near the advertised speeds for the HDS ...