kbalch
Well Known Member
I just spent an inordinate amount of time installing the canopy release mechanism (page 35-21) in my project. I can say, without hyperbole, that this was the single most physically miserable task I've had to accomplish thus far in two RV builds, a set of Pitts wings, a kit car, a motorcycle restoration, and a lifetime's worth of other projects.
I did finally get it installed, but despite building the wretched thing in accordance with the plans, actuating the lever doesn't withdraw the pins. It moves them, but not enough to clear the cradles. Clearly, something is wrong and I'm completely flummoxed as to what that might be. If anything, I was concerned that my pins were slightly too short and that's obviously not the problem.
At the moment, I'm going to take a hot shower. Contorting my 6' self up under the sub-panel has created aches and pains throughout my back.
Anybody want to buy a -14 kit up through a nearly completed fuselage? Kidding...probably...
I did finally get it installed, but despite building the wretched thing in accordance with the plans, actuating the lever doesn't withdraw the pins. It moves them, but not enough to clear the cradles. Clearly, something is wrong and I'm completely flummoxed as to what that might be. If anything, I was concerned that my pins were slightly too short and that's obviously not the problem.
At the moment, I'm going to take a hot shower. Contorting my 6' self up under the sub-panel has created aches and pains throughout my back.
Anybody want to buy a -14 kit up through a nearly completed fuselage? Kidding...probably...