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From: Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>
Subject: Re: Cannopy jettison
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Pine, 

I always thought the idea of a jettisonable canopy, especially if you're
going to do aerobatics with a 320, was an excellent one.  The only kit that
I can remember seeing which included that feature was Mike Campbell's Dream
Catcher.  He used a cable system to a D-ring which was conspicuously
placarded for its function just below the left side of the panel.  I don't
know exactly how he ran the mechanism, but I'm pretty sure it required a
2-step process, the first operation to remove retaining pins (cotter keys)
from the hinge pins, the second to actually pull the hinge pins themselves.
 I, too, would be interested in hearing any ideas anyone has along these
lines as well.

  <Marv>