sonex892. wrote:That spring arrangement is interesting.Skippydiesel wrote:GAS SPRINGS
FYI - for anyone wanting to go down this rout for a canopy strut;
"but came to realize the force when it was compressed was distorting the somewhat flimsy frame"
If anyone knows of a product, similar in dimension/appearance to a gas spring, that will act to dampen the opening/closing action of my canopy, please send me the details.
Hey Skip
To stop the distortion I used a small piece of angle with rubber glued to it as a stopper see this link for a photo. I also beefed up behind the turtledeck bulkhead with some angle brackets, these brackets may or may not have been overkill.
https://images.app.goo.gl/uvQwqt7ZQrUgzvPv8
Where I positioned my strut it goes over centre in both the closed and opened positions. Which means it puts some downward pressure on the canopy when closed also. The details of my strut and fixing locations are here in a 7 year old post. http://www.sonexbuilders.net/viewtopic. ... rut#p16693
After 12 years I'm on my second strut. The first one ran out of pressure at about the 10 year mark. I went to a local strut guy re gas guy he had new ones in many sizes and pressures. A new low pressure one cost me about $25..
Steve
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