Return-Path: Received: from [144.54.3.31] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0b1) with HTTP id 1253052 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:33:42 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: Legacy canopy strut bracket To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0b1 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:33:42 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <006f01c208d0$e602acf0$9865fea9@Wendell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Wendell & Jean Durr" : Our SWEG (scientific wild-eyed guess) caused us to drop the canopy gas strut bracket about 3/4 inch down the firewall--the sweg plus the fact that the carbon fiber reinforcement had a bump in it that wouldn't allow the bracket to lie flush against the firewall any further down). The top of the bracket is now 14 7/8 in. below the bottom surface of the hinge bracket--on both brackets, imagine that. I'd err on the side of being a little farther down rather than a little higher up, but I'd try to get it right where it is, if doing it again. It works fine, the canopy opens wide as I mentioned, and about 1/2 of the canopy skin sticks above the fuselage, rather than having a 3/16 in. gap as before(total improvement of about 1/4 in). Blind hog found an acorn. No warranties, but it worked for me. Wendell Durr