Canopy in rollover

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Re: Canopy in rollover

Postby Rynoth » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:48 am

Wouldn't something like this work? Lightweight and cheap. http://www.amazon.com/Res-Q-Me-Mini-Aut ... B000FGECVW

It's basically a small center punch, plus a seat-belt cutter.
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Re: Canopy in rollover

Postby fastj22 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:45 am


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Re: Canopy in rollover

Postby Son_of_X » Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:48 pm

Edited. Gracefully retracted poorly chosen post. My apologies.
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Re: Canopy in rollover

Postby Rynoth » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:28 am

Son_of_X wrote:
MichaelFarley56 wrote:Interesting thought Darick. To be honest, I've never heard of a Sonex flipping over. Of course it could happen but it seems like a remote chance.


This one just happened. I guess you had your earmuffs on.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1518


Firstly, this discussion is from early 2014, the incident you link to happened later in 2014.

Second, I think we'd all appreciate if you don't make snide remarks relating to a fatal accident. If you read the posts in your link, you would know that the persons involved were very close to many users of this forum.
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Re: Canopy in rollover

Postby peter anson » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:11 am

One Australian Sonex had a forced landing due to an insect plugging the fuel vent. The aircraft flipped when the wheels clipped a small dam wall he was obviously hoping to clear and the bits of shattered canopy didn't present any barrier to the pilot's exit, so that makes 2 out of 2 that we know of.
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