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Securing the Canopy

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Re: Securing the Canopy

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:15 am

My kid and I have watched the canopy opening videos. Made a big impression. We have it as a checklist item.

Our canopy latch also has a spring that pulls the latch closed. That is a great feature.

Regarding locking the canopy, we made the lock feature according to the plans but have never bothered.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
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Re: Securing the Canopy

Postby Nick » Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:30 am

Thanks everyone, I will be ordering the Anson Latch. Thanks for all the info
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Re: Securing the Canopy

Postby Murray Parr » Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:54 pm

I made a latch that JM shared with is in the link below. Made from scrap plus a spring and it works very well.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6718&p=53311&hilit=canopy+latch#p50839
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Re: Securing the Canopy

Postby dbdevkc » Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:29 am

I also have the latch from Peter Anson. Not installed yet, but it is a nice piece of engineering and well made. It adds almost no weight.
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