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Check your canopy alignment pin
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Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:34 pmby mike.smith
Just one more thing to look for in your inspections and annuals: after flying last week I found the tapped threads holding the alignment pin in the left rail, so loose that the pin dropped free with just a little tug. I ordered a threaded insert to install in the stripped hole, so I can reinstall the pin.
Re: Check your canopy alignment pin
Posted:
Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:04 pmby N111YX
Like many others I suppose, I utilized a inch or so of square aluminum bar pushed inside the frame member and secured with loc-tited countersunk screws. The pin is then tapped/screwed into this piece. It will be many times stronger.
Re: Check your canopy alignment pin
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Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:07 pmby mike.smith
N111YX wrote:Like many others I suppose, I utilized a inch or so of square aluminum bar pushed inside the frame member and secured with loc-tited countersunk screws. The pin is then tapped/screwed into this piece. It will be many times stronger.
I supposed that's what I get for following the plans ;-)
Re: Check your canopy alignment pin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:40 amby N111YX
That's one task in the plans that I just don't understand why it designed that way, Mike. It just seems too weak. The only other one that comes to mind is the use of one pin for the gear leg fairings that are inserted from inside the fuselage. It's way better to use two that are inserted at the faring itself, not for strength, but rather convenience.
Re: Check your canopy alignment pin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:09 pmby mike.smith
N111YX wrote:That's one task in the plans that I just don't understand why it designed that way, Mike. It just seems too weak.
As I've discovered.
N111YX wrote:The only other one that comes to mind is the use of one pin for the gear leg fairings that are inserted from inside the fuselage. It's way better to use two that are inserted at the faring itself, not for strength, but rather convenience.
That one I did do :-)