X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:04:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web53712.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.39.61] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with SMTP id 1311457 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:35:38 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.190.39.61; envelope-from=kyrilian_av@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 46644 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Aug 2006 04:34:49 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=R6/ZUclQUunusIztHegyYoX32NT5SSZi2vBT+PCW03vWxczNkL89lUH4UPaxI5vypCAz5KEDIZuOBN5NR7Dxmo/D4qKv9Q32+RsIwCBuPdcvtLPBAjianiiooRrsurrp6YXcxe0sx/zKKtSShM+YIihBd/zEf48A3Ea0t+Pza9U= ; X-Original-Message-ID: <20060807043449.46642.qmail@web53712.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.32.66.116] by web53712.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:34:49 PDT X-Original-Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:34:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Kyrilian Dyer Subject: Legacy Canopy Fitting X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1591296701-1154925289=:45310" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --0-1591296701-1154925289=:45310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Legacy builders and former builders, I'm working on my canopy, and understand that there have been problems with the front flexing upward due to strut force. Has anyone tried installing a second pair of canopy alignment plates and striker plates near the front to keep the canopy from bowing outward at the front? Is this overkill or necessary or would it cause a problem that I'm not considering? I haven't yet installed the plexiglass or struts. What additional stiffening have people done to the stiffener? Also, it appears my canopy skin doesn't fit perfectly, especially at the rear. What's the current method of fitting the skin? Splitting it into three or four pieces is mentioned on Don Barnes' site (www.lancairlegacy.com). Is this typical? Oh, and one other thing... since when has phone tech support no longer been provided by Lancair?? Thanks, - Kyrilian L2K-236 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. --0-1591296701-1154925289=:45310 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Legacy builders and former builders,

I'm working on my canopy, and understand that there have been problems with the front flexing upward due to strut force.  Has anyone tried installing a second pair of canopy alignment plates and striker plates near the front to keep the canopy from bowing outward at the front?  Is this overkill or necessary or would it cause a problem that I'm not considering?  I haven't yet installed the plexiglass or struts.  What additional stiffening have people done to the stiffener?

Also, it appears my canopy skin doesn't fit perfectly, especially at the rear.  What's the current method of fitting the skin?  Splitting it into three or four pieces is mentioned on Don Barnes' site (www.lancairlegacy.com).  Is this typical?

Oh, and one other thing... since when has phone tech support no longer been provided by Lancair??

 Thanks,
- Kyrilian
L2K-236

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