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I took some pictures to post and in doing so I can see the latch is not
rotating over center in an adequate manner. I'm off work today so I'm
planning to adjust it to rotate over center more. Hopefully, that will
solve this issue. 

Danny 

LNC2-360 Mk-II 

AOPA 04856278 

EAA 647062 

NRA 156453324 

Nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool. 

On 06/23/2014 17:26, Bill Bradburry wrote: 

> Danny,
> Can you provide pictures of your particular installation?
> Bill 
> 
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> From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Danny
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 6:25 AM
> To: Lancair Mailing List
> Subject: [LML] Canopy latch again but different - LNC2/LEG2
> 
> I have the Legacy type latch in my LNC2. On two occasions I have failed 
> to latch the canopy prior to takeoff: the first time I had enough runway 
> to abort the takeoff; the second time I did not. As taught to me early 
> in my flight training, first and foremost, if something goes wrong, fly 
> the plane! That's what I've done and I'm here to talk about it. On the 
> second occasion I just flew the plane and returned to base. I no longer 
> fail to latch the canopy but my situation now is different. I'm now 
> experiencing the latch failing to hold in flight. On several recent 
> occasions my latch as unexpectedly released the canopy hold down 
> position in flight. I adjusted the mechanism to make sure it's 
> capturing the canopy correctly but it still pops open and I can't see 
> why. Is the over-center spring getting weak or is there something else 
> going on? Have any of you experienced this? I now need a secondary 
> latch to keep the primary latch from releasing the hold. Right now I'm 
> pretty much grounded until I find a solution that goes beyond bubble gum 
> and bailing wire or duct tape. From what I've read here I know there 
> are some folks working on this with Lancair but so far there's nothing 
> solid on it that I've seen. Any suggestions, comments, or helpful hints 
> would be appreciated.
> 
> Danny
> LNC2-360 Mk-II
> AOPA 04856278
> EAA 647062
> NRA 156453324
> Nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool.
> 
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<p>I took some pictures to post and in doing so I can see the latch is not =
rotating over center in an adequate manner.&nbsp; I'm off work today so I'm=
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ll solve this issue.</p>
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<p>Danny</p>
<p>LNC2-360 Mk-II</p>
<p>AOPA 04856278</p>
<p>EAA 647062</p>
<p>NRA 156453324</p>
<p>Nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool.</p>
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<p>On 06/23/2014 17:26, Bill Bradburry wrote:</p>
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Can you provide pictures of your particular installation?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:lml@lancaironline.net"=
>lml@lancaironline.net</a>] On Behalf Of Danny
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 6:25 AM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Canopy latch again but different - LNC2/LEG2

I have the Legacy type latch in my LNC2.  On two occasions I have failed=20
to latch the canopy prior to takeoff: the first time I had enough runway=20
to abort the takeoff; the second time I did not.  As taught to me early=20
in my flight training, first and foremost, if something goes wrong, fly=20
the plane!  That's what I've done and I'm here to talk about it.  On the=20
second occasion I just flew the plane and returned to base.  I no longer=20
fail to latch the canopy but my situation now is different.  I'm now=20
experiencing the latch failing to hold in flight.  On several recent=20
occasions my latch as unexpectedly released the canopy hold down=20
position in flight.  I adjusted the mechanism to make sure it's=20
capturing the canopy correctly but it still pops open and I can't see=20
why.  Is the over-center spring getting weak or is there something else=20
going on?  Have any of you experienced this?  I now need a secondary=20
latch to keep the primary latch from releasing the hold.  Right now I'm=20
pretty much grounded until I find a solution that goes beyond bubble gum=20
and bailing wire or duct tape.  From what I've read here I know there=20
are some folks working on this with Lancair but so far there's nothing=20
solid on it that I've seen.  Any suggestions, comments, or helpful hints=20
would be appreciated.

Danny
LNC2-360 Mk-II
AOPA 04856278
EAA 647062
NRA 156453324
Nothing is foolproof to the sufficiently talented fool.


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